System and Method for Comparison of Physical Entity Attribute Effects on Physical Environments Through In Part Social Networking Service Input

ABSTRACT

A method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining status information about one or more physical attributes associated with one or more first physical entities and one or more second physical entities, the one or more physical attributes each being perceived by one or more humans as being capable of having one or more effects upon one or more physical environments, obtaining input information from at least one of the one or more humans through at least in part one or more social networking services, the input information associated with at least one of the one or more physical attributes, and determining assessment information comparing the one or more first physical entities with the one or more second physical entities based at least in part upon the status information and based at least in part upon the input information. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is related to and claims the benefit of theearliest available effective filing date(s) from the following listedapplication(s) (the “Related Applications”) (e.g., claims earliestavailable priority dates for other than provisional patent applicationsor claims benefits under 35 USC §119(e) for provisional patentapplications, for any and all parent, grandparent, great-grandparent,etc. applications of the Related Application(s)). All subject matter ofthe Related Applications and of any and all parent, grandparent,great-grandparent, etc. applications of the Related Applications isincorporated herein by reference to the extent such subject matter isnot inconsistent herewith.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

For purposes of the USPTO extra-statutory requirements, the presentapplication constitutes a continuation-in-part of United States patentapplication No. to be assigned, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FORASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL ENTITY ATTRIBUTE EFFECTS ON PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTSTHROUGH IN PART SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE INPUT, naming Mark Aggar,Christian Belady, Rob Bernard, Angel Calvo, Larry Cochrane, Jason Garms,Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Richard T. Lord, MarkA. Malamud, Jennifer Pollard, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Clarence T.Tegreene, Rene Vega, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Feng Zhao as inventors, filed24, Nov., 2009, which is currently co-pending, or is an application ofwhich a currently co-pending application is entitled to the benefit ofthe filing date.

For purposes of the USPTO extra-statutory requirements, the presentapplication constitutes a continuation-in-part of United States patentapplication No. to be assigned, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OUTPUT OFASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL ENTITY ATTRIBUTE EFFECTS ON PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTSTHROUGH IN PART SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE INPUT, naming Mark Aggar,Christian Belady, Rob Bernard, Angel Calvo, Larry Cochrane, Jason Garms,Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Richard T. Lord, MarkA. Malamud, Jennifer Pollard, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Clarence T.Tegreene, Rene Vega, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Feng Zhao as inventors, filed24, Nov., 2009, which is currently co-pending, or is an application ofwhich a currently co-pending application is entitled to the benefit ofthe filing date.

For purposes of the USPTO extra-statutory requirements, the presentapplication constitutes a continuation-in-part of United States patentapplication No. to be assigned, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FORASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL ENTITY ATTRIBUTE EFFECTS ON PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTSTHROUGH IN PART SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE INPUT, naming Mark Aggar,Christian Belady, Rob Bernard, Angel Calvo, Larry Cochrane, Jason Garms,Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Richard T. Lord, MarkA. Malamud, Jennifer Pollard, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Clarence T.Tegreene, Rene Vega, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Feng Zhao as inventors, filed25, Nov., 2009, which is currently co-pending, or is an application ofwhich a currently co-pending application is entitled to the benefit ofthe filing date.

For purposes of the USPTO extra-statutory requirements, the presentapplication constitutes a continuation-in-part of United States patentapplication No. to be assigned, entitled SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OUTPUT OFASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL ENTITY ATTRIBUTE EFFECTS ON PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTSTHROUGH IN PART SOCIAL NETWORKING SERVICE INPUT, naming Mark Aggar,Christian Belady, Rob Bernard, Angel Calvo, Larry Cochrane, Jason Garms,Roderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien, Robert W. Lord, Richard T. Lord, MarkA. Malamud, Jennifer Pollard, John D. Rinaldo, Jr., Clarence T.Tegreene, Rene Vega, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Feng Zhao as inventors, filed25, Nov., 2009, which is currently co-pending, or is an application ofwhich a currently co-pending application is entitled to the benefit ofthe filing date.

The United States Patent Office (USPTO) has published a notice to theeffect that the USPTO's computer programs require that patent applicantsreference both a serial number and indicate whether an application is acontinuation or continuation-in-part. Stephen G. Kunin, Benefit ofPrior-Filed Application, USPTO Official Gazette Mar. 18, 2003, availableat http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2003/week11/patbene.htm.The present Applicant Entity (hereinafter “Applicant”) has providedabove a specific reference to the application(s) from which priority isbeing claimed as recited by statute. Applicant understands that thestatute is unambiguous in its specific reference language and does notrequire either a serial number or any characterization, such as“continuation” or “continuation-in-part,” for claiming priority to U.S.patent applications. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Applicantunderstands that the USPTO's computer programs have certain data entryrequirements, and hence Applicant is designating the present applicationas a continuation-in-part of its parent applications as set forth above,but expressly points out that such designations are not to be construedin any way as any type of commentary and/or admission as to whether ornot the present application contains any new matter in addition to thematter of its parent application(s).

SUMMARY

A method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining status informationabout one or more physical attributes associated with one or more firstphysical entities and one or more second physical entities, the one ormore physical attributes each being perceived by one or more humans asbeing capable of having one or more effects upon one or more physicalenvironments, obtaining input information from at least one of the oneor more humans through at least in part one or more social networkingservices, the input information associated with at least one of the oneor more physical attributes, and determining assessment informationcomparing the one or more first physical entities with the one or moresecond physical entities based at least in part upon the statusinformation and based at least in part upon the input information. Inaddition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in theclaims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

In one or more various aspects, related systems include but are notlimited to circuitry and/or programming for effecting theherein-referenced method aspects; the circuitry and/or programming canbe virtually any combination of hardware, software, and/or firmwareconfigured to effect the herein-referenced method aspects depending uponthe design choices of the system designer.

A system includes, but is not limited to: circuitry for obtaining statusinformation about one or more physical attributes associated with one ormore first physical entities and one or more second physical entities,the one or more physical attributes each being perceived by one or morehumans as being capable of having one or more effects upon one or morephysical environments, circuitry for obtaining input information from atleast one of the one or more humans through at least in part one or moresocial networking services, the input information associated with atleast one of the one or more physical attributes, and circuitry fordetermining assessment information comparing the one or more firstphysical entities with the one or more second physical entities based atleast in part upon the status information and based at least in partupon the input information. In addition to the foregoing, other methodaspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a partof the present disclosure.

A system includes, but is not limited to: means for obtaining statusinformation about one or more physical attributes associated with one ormore first physical entities and one or more second physical entities,the one or more physical attributes each being perceived by one or morehumans as being capable of having one or more effects upon one or morephysical environments, means for obtaining input information from atleast one of the one or more humans through at least in part one or moresocial networking services, the input information associated with atleast one of the one or more physical attributes, and means fordetermining assessment information comparing the one or more firstphysical entities with the one or more second physical entities based atleast in part upon the status information and based at least in partupon the input information. In addition to the foregoing, other methodaspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a partof the present disclosure.

The foregoing summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be inany way limiting. In addition to the illustrative aspects, embodiments,and features described above, further aspects, embodiments, and featureswill become apparent by reference to the drawings and the followingdetailed description.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a general exemplary implementation of aninformation system.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram depicting an exemplary environmentsuitable for application of a first exemplary implementation of thegeneral exemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram depicting an exemplary environmentsuitable for application of a second exemplary implementation of thegeneral exemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of anassessment system forming a portion of an implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4A is a block diagram of a first plurality of modules for theexemplary implementation of an assessment system of FIG. 4.

FIG. 4B is a block diagram of a second plurality of modules for theexemplary implementation of an assessment system of FIG. 4.

FIG. 4C is a block diagram of a third plurality of modules for theexemplary implementation of an assessment system of FIG. 4.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of a statussystem forming a portion of an implementation of the general exemplaryimplementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of a physicalentity forming a portion of an implementation of the general exemplaryimplementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of a socialnetworking service forming a portion of an implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of an interfaceforming a portion of an implementation of the general exemplaryimplementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 19 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 21 is a block diagram of an exemplary implementation of the generalexemplary implementation of the information system of FIG. 1.

FIG. 22 is a high-level flowchart illustrating an operational flow O10representing exemplary operations related to obtaining statusinformation about one or more physical attributes associated with one ormore first physical entities and one or more second physical entities,the one or more physical attributes each being perceived by one or morehumans as being capable of having one or more effects upon one or morephysical environments, obtaining input information from at least one ofthe one or more humans through at least in part one or more socialnetworking services, the input information associated with at least oneof the one or more physical attributes, and information at leastassociated with the depicted exemplary implementations of theinformation system.

FIG. 23 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 24 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 25 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 26 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 27 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 28 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 29 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 30 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 31 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 32 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 33 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 34 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 35 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 36 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O11 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 37 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O12 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 38 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O12 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 39 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O13 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 40 is a high-level flowchart including exemplary implementations ofoperation O13 of FIG. 22.

FIG. 41 illustrates a partial view of a system S100 that includes acomputer program for executing a computer process on a computing device.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In the following detailed description, reference is made to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part hereof. In the drawings,similar symbols typically identify similar components, unless contextdictates otherwise. The illustrative embodiments described in thedetailed description, drawings, and claims are not meant to be limiting.Other embodiments may be utilized, and other changes may be made,without departing from the spirit or scope of the subject matterpresented here.

Physical entities, such as devices, etc including further descriptionbelow, can have physical attributes that can be perceived to have one ormore effects upon physical environments such as natural environments,built environments, etc including further description below. Assessmentof such perceptions can be used to better disseminate, operate, andotherwise manage the physical entities.

An exemplary environment is depicted in FIG. 1 in which one or moreaspects of various embodiments may be implemented. In the illustratedenvironment, a general exemplary implementation of a system 10 caninclude one or more assessment systems 12, one or more status systems14, one or more physical entities 16 with one or more physicalattributes 17, one or more social networking services 18, one or moreinterfaces 20, amongst which communication occurs over one or morecommunication media 22.

One or more users 24, typically humans, of the one or more physicalentities 16 can communicate through the one or more communication media22 through the one or more interfaces 20 and/or through the one or morephysical entities 16. One or more non-users 26, typically humans thatare not users of the one or more physical entities 16 can communicatethrough the one or more communication media 22 through the one or moreinterfaces 26. In general the one or more users 24 and/or the one ormore non-users 26 can send through the one or more communication media22 input information regarding their one or more perceptions as to oneor more effects that can be imposed on one or more physical environmentsby the one or more attributes 17 of the one or more physical entities16. This input information is typically sent from the one or more users24 and/or the one or more non-users 26 to the one or more socialnetworking services 18 to be managed.

Data regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of the one or morephysical entities 16 generally is sent from one or more sensors and/orone or more other data collectors to be received by the one or morestatus systems 24, either through the one or more communication media22, such as shown in FIG. 1, or otherwise as found, for example, whenthe one or more status systems 24 and the one or more sensors arecollocated as exemplified further below. The one or more status systems14 then determine status information (for instance, status shown inFIG. 1) regarding the physical information and sends the statusinformation to the one or more assessment systems 12 through the one ormore communication media 22, as shown for example in FIG. 1, orotherwise such as when the one or more status systems 14 and the one ormore assessment systems 12 are collocated including exemplificationsbelow.

The one or more assessment systems 12 further receive the inputinformation from the one or more users 24 and/or the one or morenon-users 26 associated with the one or more physical attributes 17 ofthe one or more physical entities 17 through the one or morecommunication media 22 via the one or more social networking services18. Input information is typically furnished by the one or more users 24and/or the one or more non-users 26 via the one or more physicalentities 16 and/or the one or more interfaces 20 with and/or withoutstatus information and/or prior generated assessment information beingreceived thereby beforehand. Consequently, in some implementations theinput information furnished by the one or more users 24 and/or the oneor more non-users 26 can be based at least in part upon considerationthereby of status information received in addition to or exclusive ofconsideration of the one or more physical attributes apart from thestatus information.

The one or more assessment systems 12 can then determine assessmentinformation for at least one of the one or more physical entities basedat least in part upon the status information and based at least in partupon the input information received.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention for limitation, implementations of the one ormore assessment systems 12 can determine assessment information toinclude one or more summaries, incentives, statistics, projections,trends, present versus past values, actual values versus preferences orgoals, scores, classifications, appraisals, judgments, measurements,baseline reflections, perspectives with respect to informal or formalstandards, individual opinions, polls, group opinions, indicatormodifications, avatar modifications, etc. Determining assessmentinformation performed by the one or more assessment systems 12 caninclude use of computer-based programs, algorithms, databases, etcand/or receiving feedback from one or more the users 24 and/or one ormore of the non-users 26 through the one or more social networkingservices 18.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention for limitation, implementations of the one ormore status systems 14 can determine status information to include useof one or more sensors in one or more physical entities, use of one ormore sensors external to one or more physical entities, use of one ormore remote sensors, receipt of one or more user input, use of one ormore power line sensors, use of one or more power plug adapters, use ofone or more breaker junction boxes, and/or receipt of one or more humanobservations. Obtaining status information can also involve use ofsample storage found on one or more physical entities and/or centrallylocated such as on one or more servers. Obtaining status information canalso include sampling per location (political geography, coordinategeography, neighborhood), sampling based on business class, based onprofession, based on government affiliation, based on educationalinstitution, based on social class. Obtaining status information canalso include one or more sampling styles such as sampling on a singleinstance basis, sampling spanning a period: periodic, sporadic sampling,sampling on demand, sampling initiated by one or more individuals,sampling at will, automatic sampling per use, sampling initiated by anauthority, sampling as calibration checking, sampling spanning a periodof time such as lifetime, a year, month, week, day, hour, minute,second, per load, per a predefined action or event.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention for limitation, implementations of the one ormore physical entities 16 can include vehicles such as land vehicles,for instance, trucks, automobiles, buses, motorcycles, go-peds, allterrain vehicles, ambulances, garbage trucks, construction vehicles,such as air vehicles, for instance, airplanes, helicopters, drones, suchas water vehicles, for instance, boats, jet skis, submarines,hydrofoils, can include habitations such as houses, apartments, hotels,schools, factories, offices, hospitals, service centers, shoppingcenters, stores, warehouses, military structures, entertainment centers,can include appliances such as kitchen appliances, for instance,dishwashers, stoves, ovens, blenders, grills, such as laundryappliances, for instance, washers, dryers, irons, such as landscape careappliances, for instance, lawn mowers, yard blowers, such as buildingenvironmental control, for instance, heating furnaces, air conditioning,lighting, sound emitters, thermostats, such as handheld devices, forinstance, cell phones, iPods, laptops, such as clothing, for instance,shoes, pants, shirts, dresses, eyewear, such as containers, forinstance, dumpsters, trash cans, such as used items, for instancecontainers, garbage, paper products, newspapers, cans, bottles,furniture, household items, such as sound emitters, for instance, stereospeakers, audio devices, engines, boom boxes, humans, animals, dogs,vehicle traffic, such as gas emitters, for instance, smokestacks,chimneys, tailpipes, such as liquid emitters, for instance, noxiousliquid emitters, fragrant liquid emitters, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention for limitation, implementations of the one ormore physical attributes 17 can include use history, can include energyrelated factors such energy usage such as gas mileage, annual fuelconsumption, cumulative fuel use over a specified period of time, milesper gallon, miles per passenger, indoor temperature, average differencebetween indoor and outdoor temperature, average indoor temperature, caninclude emissions such as substance emissions, for instance, gasemissions like carbon dioxide emissions, noxious gas emissions,odoriferous gas emissions, for instance liquid emissions like toxicliquid emissions, water emissions, oil emissions, for instance solidemissions like non-biodegradable solid emissions, biodegradable solidemissions, noxious solid emissions, can include sound emissions such asconstant sound emissions, intermittent sound emissions, low frequencysound emissions, high frequency sound emissions, can include seismicemissions such as road vibration, explosion based emissions, can includelight emissions such as intermittent light emissions, constant lightemissions, visible light emissions, ultraviolet emissions, infraredlight emissions, can include thermal emissions such as gas based thermalemissions, liquid based thermal emissions, or solid based thermalemissions, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, implementations of the one ormore social networking services 18 can include one or more online groupsor communities of people who typically share something such as one ormore interests, activities, goals, uses, ownership, etc. Implementationsof the one or more social networking services 18 can include one or moreweb based services such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace,Nexopia, Friendster, Multiply, etc. Implementations of the one or moresocial networking services 18 can provide facilities for users to createprofiles for themselves. Implementations of the one or more socialnetworking services 18 can have various classifications such as forinternal social networking or for external social networking.Implementations of the one or more social networking services 18 asinternal social networking services can be closed, private groups ofpeople within associations, companies, educational institutions,societies, or organizations such as those formed through invitation onlyarrangements. Implementations of the one or more social networkingservices 18 as external social networking services can include thoseopen to the public such as most or all users of the internet andincludes an advertising model to help support operations. The one ormore social networking services 18 can include members and others withone or more interests such as environmental issues, for instance,climate change, preservation of species, forests, wildernesses,pollution control, waste management, recycling, energy conservation,sustainable energy sources, sustainable agriculture, and/or canspecialize in one or more particular interests, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, implementations of the one ormore interfaces 20 can include one or more display screens, displaymonitors, personal data assistants (PDAs), laptop computers, desktopcomputers, cell phones, hand-held devices, keyboards, mice, trackballs,voice recognition systems, handwriting recognition systems, gesturerecognition systems, projected displays, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, implementations of the one ormore communication media 22 can include one or more wired communicationnetworks such as one or more fiber optic network, one or more cablenetwork, one or more twisted pair network, etc, can include one or morewireless communication networks such as RF, cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,3G, etc. or other communication media.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, associated with can include oneor more various ways that two or more concepts, things, constructs, etc.are brought into relationship such as through physical interaction,and/or memory and/or imagination of a perceiver thereof, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, input information can includeone or more positive and/or negative comments, instructions,descriptions, opinions, selections, demands, preferences, warnings,persuasions, facts, data, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, obtaining input information caninclude receiving wirelessly, and/or receiving through one or more wiredconnections, etc. such as through the one or more communication media 22and/or through other means such as direct input into the one or moreassessment systems 12, such as through the one or more interfaces 20being directly connected to the one or more assessment systems 12, forexample as a keyboard, touch screen, voice recognition, other inputmeans, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, components of natural and/orbuilt environments can include animals, vegetation, microorganisms,rocks, soil, atmosphere, bodies of water, and other natural phenomenathat occur with one or more boundaries thereof. Components of builtenvironments can further include man-made items such as architectural,civil, transportation structures, and/or other structures.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, effects can include factorsthat may modify, harm, change, impact, and/or benefit the effected. Forinstance, one or more effects can include increasing or decreasing suchas increasing or decreasing temperature, sound level, level of achemical constituent, energy use, species population, aesthetic quality,etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, obtaining status informationcan include use of one or more sensors in one or more physical entities,use of one or more sensors external to one or more physical entities,use of one or more remote sensors, receipt of one or more user input,use of one or more power line sensors, use of one or more power plugadapters, use of one or more breaker junction boxes, and/or receipt ofone or more human observations. Obtaining status information can alsoinvolve use of sample storage found on one or more physical entitiesand/or centrally located such as on one or more servers. Obtainingstatus information can also include sampling per location (politicalgeography, coordinate geography, neighborhood), sampling based onbusiness class, based on profession, based on government affiliation,based on educational institution, based on social class. Obtainingstatus information can also include one or more sampling styles such assampling on a single instance basis, sampling spanning a period:periodic, sporadic sampling, sampling on demand, sampling initiated byone or more individuals, sampling at will, automatic sampling per use,sampling initiated by an authority, sampling as calibration checking,sampling spanning a period of time such as lifetime, a year, month,week, day, hour, minute, second, per load, per a predefined action orevent.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, perceived by one or more humanscan include proper and/or improper understandings by the one or morehumans. Perception can be based upon scientific understanding, religiousbiases, philosophical preferences, and/or any other sort of belief,opinion, thought, etc. whether correctly or incorrectly held.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, physical environments caninclude one or more natural environments having living and/ornon-livings things naturally occurring on Earth or one or more regionsthereof without significant human intervention such as including landbased environments, or water based environments, and/or combinationsthereof. Physical environments can include built environments havingsignificant human intervention such as farmland, townships, cities,industrial parks, office parks, military installations, governmentalprojects, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, status information of a subjectcan include information regarding one or more states of the subject,information that is cumulative over one or more previous periods,information that includes one or more past states of the subject,information that includes one or more present states of the subject,information that includes one or more projected states of the subject,or one or more combinations thereof.

As shown in FIG. 2, an exemplary implementation of the system 10 isapplied to an environment in which the one or more physical entities 16are at least portions of one or more architectural structures 16 a suchas houses, office buildings, etc with the one or more physicalattributes 17 depicted as including water usage 17 a, electricity usage17 b, sound emission 17 c, and/or thermal conditioning 17 d such asheating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning.

As shown in FIG. 3, an exemplary implementation of the system 10 isapplied to an environment in which the one or more physical entities 16are at least portions of one or more vehicles 16 b such as automobiles,trucks, buses, etc with the one or more physical attributes 17 depictedas including passenger count 17 e, fuel usage 17 f, recorded operationalparameters 17 g, such as speed, or distance, and/or route information 17h such as regarding restricted access areas of various designations suchas only certain one or more classes of vehicles are permitted at certaintimes.

An assessment system 12 is shown in FIG. 4 to optionally one or moreassessment units 30, one or more communication units 40, and one or moreoutputs 44.

The one or more assessment units 30 can have one or more modules 32, canhave one or more storage units 34 with one or more guidelines 34 a, andcan have one or more controls 36 having one or more processors 36 a,with one or more logics 36 b and having one or more memories 36 c.

The one or more communication units 40 can have one or more controls 42having one or more processors 42 a with one or more logic 42 b andhaving one or more memories 42 c. The one or more communication units 40can have one or more transceiver components 43 having one or morenetwork components 43 a, wireless components 43 b, cellular components43 c, peer-to-peer components 43 d, electromagnetic components 43 e,infrared components 43 f, acoustic components 43 g, and opticalcomponents 43 h.

The one or more outputs 44 can have one or more audio outputs 44 a, textoutputs 44 b, video outputs 44 c, light outputs 44 d, vibration outputs44 e, transmitter outputs 44 f, wireless outputs 44 g, network outputs44 h, electromagnetic outputs 44 i, optic outputs 44 j, infrared outputs44 k, projector outputs 441, alarm outputs 44 m, display outputs 44 n,and/or log outputs 44 o. The one or more outputs 44 can further includeone or more storage 48 to store data, etc., controls 50 havingprocessors 50 a with logic 50 b and memory 50 c, and can include modules52.

The one or more modules 32 are depicted in FIG. 4A to include anobtaining status module 32 a, an obtaining input module 32 b, adetermining assessment module 32 c, a sensor receiving module 32 d, asensor receiving module 32 e, a commentary receiving module 32 f, anobservation receiving module 32 g, a sensor receiving module 32 h, asensor receiving module 32 i, a storage receiving module 32 j, a storagereceiving module 32 k, a sensing receiving module 32 l, a muni samplingmodule 32 m, a geographic sampling module 32 n, a demographic samplingmodule 32 o, a selected sampling module 32 p, a span sampling module 32q, an observer sampling module 32 r, a user sampling module 32 s, anauthority sampling module 32 t, a use sampling module 32 u, an eventsampling module 32 v, a use history obtaining module 32 w, an energy usereceiving module 32 x, a gas mileage receiving module 32 y, a fuelconsumption receiving module 32 z, a fuel use receiving module 32 aa, astatistical temperature receiving module 32 ab, a differentialtemperature receiving module 32 ac, an indoor temperature receivingmodule 32 ad, a gas emissions receiving module 32 ae, a liquid emissionsreceiving module 32 af, a solid emissions receiving module 32 ag, asound emissions module 32 ah, and an other modules 32 ai.

The other modules 32 ai are depicted in FIG. 4B as including anelectromagnetic emissions module 32 ba, a seismic emissions module 32bb, a thermal emissions module 32 bc, a light emissions module 32 bd, awater use module 32 be, an air use module 32 bf, a resource use module32 bg, a prohibited use module 32 bh, a fuel conservation module 32 bi,a water conservation module 32 bj, a resource conservation module 32 bk,an energy conservation module 32 bl, a land conservation module 32 bm, amaterial use module 32 bn, a land vehicle module 32 bo, an air vehiclemodule 32 bp, a water vehicle module 32 bq, an architectural module 32br, a habitation module 32 bs, an audio module 32 bt, a video module 32bu, a kitchen appliance module 32 bv, a laundry appliance module 32 bw,a yard equipment module 32 bx, an indoor climate module 32 by, a soundemitter module 32 bz, a handheld device module 32 baa, a breathalyzerdevice module 32 bab, a clothing module 32 bac, a container module 32bad, a gas emitter module 32 bae, a liquid emitter module 32 baf, alight emitter module 32 bag, a seismic emitter module 32 bah, and another modules 32 bai.

The other modules 32 bai is depicted in FIG. 4C as including a solidemitter module 32 ca, an electromagnetic emitter module 32 cb, a thermalemitter module 32 cc, a comments receiving module 32 cd, a wirelessreceiving module 32 ce, a wired receiving module 32 cf, an externalsocial networking module 32 cg, an internal social networking module 32ch, a receiving selections module 32 ci, a receiving preferences module32 cj, a receiving warnings module 32 ck, a receiving persuasive module.32 cl, a receiving facts module 32 cm, a summaries module 32 cn, anincentives module 32 co, a statistics module 32 cp, a projections module32 cq, a scores module 32 cr, a classifications module 32 cs, a progressmodule 32 ct and an.

In general, similar or corresponding systems, units, components, orother parts are designated with the same reference number throughout,but each with the same reference number can be internally composeddifferently. For instance, the communication unit 40 is depicted invarious Figures as being used by various components, systems, or otheritems such as by examples of the assessment system in FIG. 3 and thestatus system of FIG. 5, but is not intended that the same instance orcopy of the communication unit 40 is used in all of these cases, butrather various versions of the communication unit having differentinternal composition can be used to satisfy the requirements of eachspecific instance.

A status system 14 is shown in FIG. 5 to optionally include thecommunication unit 40, the sensing unit 54, and the status determinationunit 56. The sensing unit 54 is further shown to optionally include alight based sensing component 54 a, an optical based sensing component54 b, a seismic based sensing component 54 c, a global positioningsystem (GPS) based sensing component 54 d, a pattern recognition basedsensing component 54 e, a radio frequency based sensing component 54 f,an electromagnetic (EM) based sensing component 54 g, an infrared (IR0sensing component 54 h, an acoustic based sensing component 54 i, aradio frequency identification (RFID) based sensing component 54 j, aradar based sensing component 54 k, an image recognition based sensingcomponent 54 l, an image capture based sensing component 54 m, aphotographic based sensing component 54 n, a grid reference basedsensing component 54 o, an edge detection based sensing component 54 p,a reference beacon based sensing component 54 q, a reference light basedsensing component 54 r, an acoustic reference based sensing component 54s, a triangulation based sensing component 54 t, a gas based sensingcomponent 54 u, a liquid based sensing component 54 v, a solid basedsensing component 54 w, an electricity based sensing component 54 x, athermal based sensing component 54 y, and a fuel based sensing component54 z.

The sensing unit 54 can include use of one or more of its various basedsensing components to acquire information regarding the one or morephysical attributes 17 of the physical entities 16. For instance, thelight based sensing component 54 a can include light receivers tocollect light from the one or more physical entities 16 and/or otheremitters or ambient light that was reflected off or otherwise haveinteracted with the physical entities to acquire information regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 such as regarding color,position, motion, etc. of the physical entities 16. The optical basedsensing component 54 b can include optical based receivers to collectlight from the one or more physical entities 16 and/or other opticalemitters that have interacted with the one or more physical entities toacquire information regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 ofthe physical entities 16.

For instance, the seismic based sensing component 54 c can includeseismic receivers to collect seismic waves from the one or more physicalentities 16 and/or other seismic emitters or ambient seismic waves thathave interacted with the one or more physical entities to acquireinformation regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of thephysical entities 16. The global positioning system (GPS) based sensingcomponent 54 d can include GPS receivers to collect GPS informationassociated with the one or more physical entities 16 to acquireinformation regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of thephysical entities 16. The pattern recognition based sensing component 54e can include pattern recognition algorithms to operate with thedetermination engine 59 of the status determination unit 56 to recognizepatterns in information received by the sensing unit 54 to acquireinformation regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of thephysical entities 16.

For instance, the radio frequency based sensing component 54 f caninclude radio frequency receivers to collect radio frequency waves fromthe one or more physical entities 16 and/or other radio frequencyemitters or ambient radio frequency waves that have interacted with theone or more physical entities to acquire information regarding the oneor more physical attributes 17 of the physical entities 16. Theelectromagnetic (EM) based sensing component 54 g, can includeelectromagnetic frequency receivers to collect electromagnetic frequencywaves from the one or more physical entities 16 and/or otherelectromagnetic frequency emitters or ambient electromagnetic frequencywaves that have interacted with the one or more physical entities 16 toacquire information regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 ofthe physical entities 16. The infrared sensing component 54 h caninclude infrared receivers to collect infrared frequency waves from theone or more physical entities 16 and/or other infrared frequencyemitters or ambient infrared frequency waves that have interacted withthe one or more physical entities to acquire information regarding theone or more physical attributes 17 of the physical entities.

For instance, the acoustic based sensing component 54 i can includeacoustic frequency receivers to collect acoustic frequency waves fromthe one or more physical entities 16 and/or other acoustic frequencyemitters or ambient acoustic frequency waves that have interacted withthe one or more physical entities to acquire information regarding theone or more physical attributes 17 of the physical entities 16. Theradio frequency identification (RFID) based sensing component 54 j caninclude radio frequency receivers to collect radio frequencyidentification signals from the one or more physical entities 16 and/orother RFID emitters associated with the one or more physical entities 16to acquire information regarding the one or more physical attributes 17of the physical entities 16. The radar based sensing component 54 k caninclude radar frequency receivers to collect radar frequency waves fromthe one or more physical entities 16 and/or other radar frequencyemitters or ambient radar frequency waves that have interacted with theone or more physical entities 16 to acquire information regarding theone or more physical attributes 17 of the physical entities 16.

The image recognition based sensing component 54 l can include imagereceivers to collect images of the one or more physical entities 16 andone or more image recognition algorithms to recognition aspects of thecollected images optionally in conjunction with use of the determinationengine 59 of the status determination unit 56 to acquire informationregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of the physicalentities 16.

The image capture based sensing component 54 m can include imagereceivers to collect images of the one or more physical entities 16 toacquire information regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 ofthe physical entities 16. The photographic based sensing component 54 ncan include photographic cameras to collect photographs of the one ormore physical entities 16 to acquire information regarding the one ormore physical attributes 17 of the physical entities 16.

The grid reference based sensing component 54 o can include a grid ofsensors (such as contact sensors, photo-detectors, optical sensors,acoustic sensors, infrared sensors, or other sensors) adjacent to, inclose proximity to, or otherwise located to sense one or more spatialaspects of the one or more physical entities 16 such as location,position, orientation, visual placement, visual appearance, and/orconformation. The grid reference based sensing component 54 o can alsoinclude processing aspects to prepare sensed information for the statusdetermination unit 56.

The edge detection based sensing component 54 p can include one or moreedge detection sensors (such as contact sensors, photo-detectors,optical sensors, acoustic sensors, infrared sensors, or other sensors)adjacent to, in close proximity to, or otherwise located to sense one ormore spatial aspects of the physical entities 16 such as location,position, orientation, visual placement, visual appearance, and/orconformation. The edge detection based sensing component 54 p can alsoinclude processing aspects to prepare sensed information for the statusdetermination unit 56.

The reference beacon based sensing component 54 q can include one ormore reference beacon emitters and receivers (such as acoustic, light,optical, infrared, or other) located to send and receive a referencebeacon to calibrate and/or otherwise detect one or more spatial aspectsof the physical entities 16 such as location, position, orientation,visual placement, visual appearance, and/or conformation. The referencebeacon based sensing component 54 q can also include processing aspectsto prepare sensed information for the status determination unit 56.

The reference light based sensing component 54 r can include one or morereference light emitters and receivers located to send and receive areference light to calibrate and/or otherwise detect one or more spatialaspects of the physical entities 16 such as location, position,orientation, visual placement, visual appearance, and/or conformation.The reference light based sensing component 54 r can also includeprocessing aspects to prepare sensed information for the statusdetermination unit 56.

The acoustic reference based sensing component 54 s can include one ormore acoustic reference emitters and receivers located to send andreceive an acoustic reference signal to calibrate and/or otherwisedetect one or more spatial aspects of the physical entities 16 such aslocation, position, orientation, visual placement, visual appearance,and/or conformation. The acoustic reference based sensing component 54 scan also include processing aspects to prepare sensed information forthe status determination unit 56.

The triangulation based sensing component 54 t can include one or moreemitters and receivers located to send and receive signals to calibrateand/or otherwise detect using triangulation methods one or more spatialaspects of the objects 12 such as location, position, orientation,visual placement, visual appearance, and/or conformation. Thetriangulation based sensing component 54 t can also include processingaspects to prepare sensed information for the status determination unit56.

The gas based sensing component 54 u can include one or more sensors todetect gas emissions or related gas conditions associated with the oneor more physical entities 16. The gas based sensing component 54 u canalso include processing aspects to prepare sensed information for thestatus determination unit 56.

The liquid based sensing component 54 v can include one or more sensorsto detect liquid emissions or related liquid conditions associated withthe one or more physical entities 16. The liquid based sensing component54 v can also include processing aspects to prepare sensed informationfor the status determination unit 56.

The solid based sensing component 54 w can include one or more sensorsto detect solid emissions or related solid conditions associated withthe one or more physical entities 16. The solid based sensing component54 w can also include processing aspects to prepare sensed informationfor the status determination unit 56.

The electricity based sensing component 54 x can include one or moresensors to detect electricity usage or related electricity conditionsassociated with the one or more physical entities 16. The electricitybased sensing component 54 x can also include processing aspects toprepare sensed information for the status determination unit 56.

The thermal based sensing component 54 y can include one or more sensorsto detect thermal emissions or related thermal conditions associatedwith the one or more physical entities 16. The thermal based sensingcomponent 54 y can also include processing aspects to prepare sensedinformation for the status determination unit 56.

The fuel based sensing component 54 z can include one or more sensors todetect fuel usage or related fuel conditions associated with the one ormore physical entities 16. The fuel based sensing component 54 u canalso include processing aspects to prepare sensed information for thestatus determination unit 56.

The status determination unit 56 is further shown in FIG. 5 tooptionally include one or more control units 58 having one or moreprocessors 58 a with one or more logic units 58 b, and with one or morememories 58 c, and having one or more status determination engines 59,one or more storage units 60, one or more interfaces 61 and one or moremodules 62.

An exemplary version of the physical entity 16 is shown in FIG. 6 tooptionally include the communication unit 40, the output 44, functionsassociated with the one or more physical entities 64 such as powerproduction, heating, cooling, sound production, production of motion andcontrol thereof, etc, and to include collectors of information relatedto the physical attributes 17, such as one or more sensors 66, andobject functions 172. The one or more sensors 66 optionally include astrain sensor 66 a, a stress sensor 66 b, an optical sensor 66 c, asurface sensor 66 d, a force sensor 66 e, a gyroscopic sensor 66 f, aGPS sensor 66 g, an RFID sensor 66 h, a inclinometer sensor 66 i, anaccelerometer sensor 66 j, an inertial sensor 1 l 08 k, a contact sensor66 l, a pressure sensor 66 m, a display sensor 66 n, a gas sensor 66 o,a liquid sensor 66 p, a solid sensor 66 q, an electricity sensor 66 r, athermal sensor 66 s, a fuel sensor 66 t, and a temperature sensor 66 u.

An exemplary version of the social networking service 18 is shown inFIG. 7 to optionally include one or more of the communication units 40and one or more social networking units 68 including one or more modules70, one or more storage units 72 with social data 72 a, and includingone or more control units 74 having one or more processors 74 a with oneor more logic units 74 b, and one or more memory units 74 c.

An exemplary version of the interface 20 is shown in FIG. 8 tooptionally include one or more of the communication units 40 and one ormore of the output units 44.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 9 to include exemplary versions of the one or more status systems14, the one or more assessment systems 12, the one or more physicalentities 16, and the one or more social networking services 18. The oreor more sensing units 54 of the one or more status systems 14 aredepicted as obtaining with the one or more sensing units 54 data fromthe one or more physical entities 16 and then processing with the one ormore status determination units 56 to send status information to the oneor more assessment systems 12. The one or more assessment systems 12then process the status information received from the one or more statussystems 14 and the input information received from the one or moresocial networking services 18 to output the assessment information fromthe one or more outputs 44 of the one or more assessment systems 12.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 10 to include exemplary versions of the one or more status systems14, the one or more assessment systems 12, the one or more physicalentities 16, and the one or more social networking services 18. The oreor more sensing units 54 of the one or more status systems 14 aredepicted as obtaining with the one or more sensing units 54 data fromthe one or more physical entities 16 and then processing with the one ormore status determination units 56 to send status information to the oneor more assessment systems 12. The one or more assessment systems 12then process the status information received from the one or more statussystems 14 and the input information received from the one or moresocial networking services 18 to output the assessment information fromthe one or more communication units 40 of the one or more assessmentsystems 12. The one or more outputs 44 of the one or more physicalentities 16 then output the assessment information received from the oneor more assessment systems 12.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 11 to include exemplary versions of the one or more status systems14, the one or more assessment systems 12, the one or more physicalentities 16, and the one or more social networking services 18. The oneor more physical entities 16 are depicted as collecting data with theone or more sensors 66 and sending to the one or more status systems 14to be processed with the one or more status determination units 56 tosend status information to the one or more assessment systems 12. Theone or more assessment systems 12 then process the status informationreceived from the one or more status systems 14 and the inputinformation received from the one or more social networking services 18to output the assessment information from the one or more outputs 44 ofthe one or more assessment systems 12.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 12 to include exemplary versions of the one or more status systems14, the one or more assessment systems 12, the one or more physicalentities 16, and the one or more social networking services 18. The oneor more physical entities 16 are depicted as collecting data with theone or more sensors 66 and sending to the one or more status systems 14to be processed with the one or more status determination units 56 tosend status information to the one or more assessment systems 12. Theone or more assessment systems 12 then process the status informationreceived from the one or more status systems 14 and the inputinformation received from the one or more social networking services 18to output the assessment information from the one or more communicationunits 40 of the one or more assessment systems 12. The one or moreoutputs 44 of the one or more physical entities 16 then output theassessment information received from the one or more assessment systems12.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 13 to include exemplary versions of the one or more status systems14, the one or more assessment systems 12, the one or more physicalentities 16, the one or more social networking services 18 and the oneor more interfaces 20. The ore or more sensing units 54 of the one ormore status systems 14 are depicted as obtaining with the one or moresensing units 54 data from the one or more physical entities 16 and thenprocessing with the one or more status determination units 56 to sendstatus information to the one or more assessment systems 12. The one ormore assessment systems 12 then process the status information receivedfrom the one or more status systems 14 and the input informationreceived from the one or more social networking services 18 to outputthe assessment information from the one or more communication units 40of the one or more assessment systems 12. The one or more outputs 44 ofthe one or more interfaces 20 then output the assessment informationreceived from the one or more assessment systems 12.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 14 to include exemplary versions of the one or more status systems14, the one or more assessment systems 12, the one or more physicalentities 16, the one or more social networking services 18, and the oneor more interfaces 20. The one or more physical entities 16 are depictedas collecting data with the one or more sensors 66 and sending to theone or more status systems 14 to be processed with the one or morestatus determination units 56 to send status information to the one ormore assessment systems 12. The one or more assessment systems 12 thenprocess the status information received from the one or more statussystems 14 and the input information received from the one or moresocial networking services 18 to output the assessment information fromthe one or more communication units 40 of the one or more assessmentsystems 12. The one or more outputs 44 of the one or more interfaces 20then output the assessment information received from the one or moreassessment systems 12.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 15 to include exemplary versions of the one or more assessmentsystems 12, the one or more physical entities 16, and the one or moresocial networking services 18. The one or more physical entities 16 aredepicted as collecting data with the one or more sensors 66 andprocessing with the one or more status determination units 56 to sendstatus information to the one or more assessment systems 12. The one ormore assessment systems 12 then process the status information receivedfrom the one or more physical entities 16 and the input informationreceived from the one or more social networking services 18 to outputthe assessment information from the one or more outputs 44 of the one ormore assessment systems 12.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 16 to include exemplary versions of the one or more assessmentsystems 12, the one or more physical entities 16, and the one or moresocial networking services 18. The one or more physical entities 16 aredepicted as collecting data with the one or more sensors 66 andprocessing with the one or more status determination units 56 to sendstatus information to the one or more assessment systems 12. The one ormore assessment systems 12 then process the status information receivedfrom the one or more status systems 14 and the input informationreceived from the one or more social networking services 18 to outputthe assessment information from the one or more communication units 40of the assessment system 12. The one or more outputs 44 of the one ormore physical entities 16 then output the assessment informationreceived from the one or more assessment systems 12.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 17 to include exemplary versions of the one or more status systems14, the one or more physical entities 16, and the one or more socialnetworking services 18. The one or more status systems 14 are depictedas collecting data regarding the one or more physical entities 16 withthe one or more sensing units 54 and processing with the one or morestatus determination units 56 to send status information to the one ormore physical entities 16. The one or more assessment units 30 of theone or more physical entities 16 then process the status informationreceived from the one or more status systems 14 and the inputinformation received from the one or more social networking services 18to output the assessment information from the one or more outputs 44 ofthe one or more physical entities 16.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 18 to include exemplary versions of the one or more status systems14, the one or more physical entities 16, and the one or more socialnetworking services 18. The one or more physical entities 16 aredepicted as collecting data with the one or more sensors 66 and sendingto the one or more status systems 14 for processing with the one or morestatus determination units 56 to send status information back to the oneor more physical entities 16. The one or more assessment units 30 of theone or more physical entities 16 then process the status informationreceived from the one or more status systems 14 and the inputinformation received from the one or more social networking services 18to output the assessment information from the one or more outputs 44 ofthe one or more physical entities 12.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 19 to include exemplary versions of the one or more status systems14, the one or more physical entities 16, and the one or more socialnetworking services 18. The one or more status systems 14 are depictedas collecting data regarding the one or more physical entities 16 withthe one or more sensing units 54 and processing with the one or morestatus determination units 56 to send status information to the one ormore physical entities 16. The one or more assessment units 30 of theone or more physical entities 16 then process the status informationreceived from the one or more status systems 14 and the inputinformation received from the one or more social networking services 18to send the assessment information from the one or more communicationunits 40 of the one or more physical entities 16 to the one or moreinterfaces 20. The one or more interfaces 20 then outputs the assessmentinformation from the one or more outputs 44 of the one or moreinterfaces 20.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 20 to include exemplary versions of the one or more status systems14, the one or more physical entities 16, and the one or more socialnetworking services 18. The one or more physical entities 16 aredepicted as collecting data with the one or more sensors 66 and sendingto the one or more status systems 14 for processing with the one or morestatus determination units 56 to send status information back to the oneor more physical entities 16. The one or more assessment units 30 of theone or more physical entities 16 then process the status informationreceived from the one or more status systems 14 and the inputinformation received from the one or more social networking services 18to send the assessment information from the one or more communicationunits 40 of the one or more physical entities 16 to the one or moreinterfaces 20. The one or more interfaces 20 then outputs the assessmentinformation from the one or more outputs 44 of the one or moreinterfaces 20.

An exemplary configuration of a portion of the system 10 is shown inFIG. 21 to include exemplary versions of the one or more physicalentities 16, and the one or more social networking services 18. The oneor more physical entities 16 are depicted as collecting data with theone or more sensors 66 and processing with the one or more statusdetermination units 56 of the one or more physical entities to determinestatus information. The one or more assessment units 30 of the one ormore physical entities 16 then process the input information receivedfrom the one or more social networking services 18 and the statusinformation to send the assessment information from the one or moreoutputs 44 of the one or more physical entities 16.

FIG. 22

An operational flow O10 as shown in FIG. 22 represents exampleoperations related to obtaining status information, determining subjectstatus information, and determining subject advisory information. Incases where the operational flows involve subjects and devices, asdiscussed above, in some implementations, the objects 12 can be devicesand the subjects 10 can be subjects of the devices. FIG. 22 and thosefigures that follow may have various examples of operational flows, andexplanation may be provided with respect to the above-described examplesof FIGS. 1-21 and/or with respect to other examples and contexts.Nonetheless, it should be understood that the operational flows may beexecuted in a number of other environments and contexts, and/or inmodified versions of FIGS. 1-21. Furthermore, although the variousoperational flows are presented in the sequence(s) illustrated, itshould be understood that the various operations may be performed inother orders than those which are illustrated, or may be performedconcurrently.

In FIG. 22 and those figures that follow, various operations may bedepicted in a box-within-a-box manner. Such depictions may indicate thatan operation in an internal box may comprise an optional exemplaryimplementation of the operational step illustrated in one or moreexternal boxes. However, it should be understood that internal boxoperations may be viewed as independent operations separate from anyassociated external boxes and may be performed in any sequence withrespect to all other illustrated operations, or may be performedconcurrently.

The operational flow O10 can move to operation O11, where obtainingstatus information about one or more physical attributes associated withone or more first physical entities and one or more second physicalentities, the one or more physical attributes each being perceived byone or more humans as being capable of having one or more effects uponone or more physical environments may be executed by, for example, theone or more obtaining status modules 32 a of FIG. 4A configured todirect the one or more assessment units 30 of the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4. An exemplary implementation may include, obtainingstatus information (for example, the one or more assessment units 30 canreceive the status information from the one or more status determinationunits 56 of the one or more status systems 14 of FIG. 5 havingbeforehand determined the status information based upon data collectedthrough the one or more sensing units 54 of the one or more statussystems 14 and/or the one or more sensors 66 of the one or more statussystems 14 of FIG. 5) about one or more physical attributes associatedwith one or more first physical entities and one or more second physicalentities (for example, the one or more electricity sensors 66 r of oneor more first physical entities and one or more second physical entities16 wherein the first physical entities and second physical entities arepart of two different groups, such one or more first houses and one ormore second houses, may collect data regarding the one or more physicalattributes 17 related to electricity usage associated with the one ormore first houses and the one or more second houses. The statusinformation thus determined, for instance, could be related toelectricity usage in kilowatt-hours per a given period such as aparticular yearly quarter, such as the 3^(rd) quarter of 2009) the oneor more physical attributes each being perceived by one or more humansas being capable of having one or more effects upon one or more physicalenvironments (for example, the electricity usage for the one or morefirst houses and the electricity usage for the one or more second housescould be perceived by one or more humans as being capable of having adetrimental effect upon one or more atmospheric environments, such as,air quality near an electric power plant, and/or one or more water-basedenvironments, such as rivers or other bodies of water near an electricpower plant, due to thermal and/or gaseous emissions produced, such aselevated water temperatures near an electric power plant and/or elevatedsulfur gas levels or carbon dioxide gas levels in air near an electricpower plant, as consequences of electricity generation by certainfuel-based electric power plants, such as coal-fired electric powerplants).

The operational flow O10 can move to operation O12, where obtaininginput information from at least one of the one or more humans through atleast in part one or more social networking services, the inputinformation associated with at least one of the one or more physicalattributes may be executed by, for example, the obtaining input module32 b of FIG. 4A configured to direct the status determining system 14 ofFIG. 6. An exemplary implementation may include obtaining inputinformation (for example, input information can be expressed in terms ofa subjective scoring, such as −100 points to +100 points where increasednegative points indicates a larger aversion to the one or more physicalattributes and increased positive points indicates a larger affinity tothe one or more physical attributes. The subjective scoring could be,for instance, regarding various kilowatt-hour levels of quarterlyelectricity usage associated with the one or more houses.) from at leastone of the one or more humans (For example, one of the humans could beone of the non-users 26 of FIG. 1 that did not dwell in any of the oneor more houses.) through at least in part one or more social networkingservices (for example, opinions regarding the electricity usage could beposted to a Facebook webpage as part of the one or more socialnetworking services 18 of FIG. 1 that is associated with the one or morehouses and/or associated with environmental concerns such as effects ofelectricity production by coal-fired electric power plants.), the inputinformation associated with at least one of the one or more physicalattributes (for example, the input information could be −80 subjectivescore regarding a usage of 24,325 kilowatt-hour usage for the 3^(rd)quarter of 2009 for a 8,200 ft2 house).

The operational flow O10 can move to operation O13, where determiningassessment information comparing the one or more first physical entitieswith the one or more second physical entities based at least in partupon the status information and based at least in part upon the inputinformation may be executed by, for example, the determining assessmentmodule 32 c of FIG. 4A configured to direct the assessment system 12 ofFIG. 4. An exemplary implementation may include determining (forexample, the one or more controls 36 of the one or more assessment units40 of FIG. 4 can instruct the one or more processors 36 a to determinebased on algorithms such as an averaging algorithm that generates anaverage scoring contained in the one or more storage units 34.)assessment information comparing the one or more first physical entitieswith the one or more second physical entities (for example, theassessment information could compare the one or more first physicalentities with the one or more second physical entities as houses usingan overall subjective scoring, such as −80, −30, +40, and +75 out of arange of −100 to +100 for the electricity usage of the one or more firsthouses compared with the electricity usage of the one or more secondhouses such as houses of celebrities as the first houses and houses ofpoliticians as the second houses for the 3^(rd) quarter of 2009) basedat least in part upon the status information and based at least in partupon the input information (for example, the status information couldcontain electricity usage for the one or more first houses andelectricity usage for the one or more second houses for the 3^(rd)quarter of 2009 and the input information gathered from an energyconservation internet forum could contain subjective scoring thresholdsassociated with kilowatt-hour usage such as another −10 pointssubtracted from 100 points for additional 500 kilowatt-hours of usagefor the 3^(rd) quarter of 2009).

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention for limitation, implementations of the one ormore assessment systems 12 can determine assessment information toinclude one or more summaries, incentives, statistics, projections,trends, present versus past values, actual values versus preferences orgoals, scores, classifications, appraisals, judgments, measurements,baseline reflections, perspectives with respect to informal or formalstandards, individual opinions, polls, group opinions, indicatormodifications, avatar modifications, etc. Determining assessmentinformation performed by the one or more assessment systems 12 caninclude use of computer-based programs, algorithms, databases, etcand/or receiving feedback from one or more the users 24 and/or one ormore of the non-users 26 through the one or more social networkingservices 18.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention for limitation, implementations of the one ormore status systems 14 can determine status information to include useof one or more sensors in one or more physical entities, use of one ormore sensors external to one or more physical entities, use of one ormore remote sensors, receipt of one or more user input, use of one ormore power line sensors, use of one or more power plug adapters, use ofone or more breaker junction boxes, and/or receipt of one or more humanobservations. Obtaining status information can also involve use ofsample storage found on one or more physical entities and/or centrallylocated such as on one or more servers. Obtaining status information canalso include sampling per location (political geography, coordinategeography, neighborhood), sampling based on business class, based onprofession, based on government affiliation, based on educationalinstitution, based on social class. Obtaining status information canalso include one or more sampling styles such as sampling on a singleinstance basis, sampling spanning a period: periodic, sporadic sampling,sampling on demand, sampling initiated by one or more individuals,sampling at will, automatic sampling per use, sampling initiated by anauthority, sampling as calibration checking, sampling spanning a periodof time such as lifetime, a year, month, week, day, hour, minute,second, per load, per a predefined action or event.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention for limitation, implementations of the one ormore physical entities 16 can include vehicles such as land vehicles,for instance, trucks, automobiles, buses, motorcycles, go-peds, allterrain vehicles, ambulances, garbage trucks, construction vehicles,such as air vehicles, for instance, airplanes, helicopters, drones, suchas water vehicles, for instance, boats, jet skis, submarines,hydrofoils, can include habitations such as houses, apartments, hotels,schools, factories, offices, hospitals, service centers, shoppingcenters, stores, warehouses, military structures, entertainment centers,can include appliances such as kitchen appliances, for instance,dishwashers, stoves, ovens, blenders, grills, such as laundryappliances, for instance, washers, dryers, irons, such as landscape careappliances, for instance, lawn mowers, yard blowers, such as buildingenvironmental control, for instance, heating furnaces, air conditioning,lighting, sound emitters, thermostats, such as handheld devices, forinstance, cell phones, iPods, laptops, such as clothing, for instance,shoes, pants, shirts, dresses, eyewear, such as containers, forinstance, dumpsters, trash cans, such as used items, for instancecontainers, garbage, paper products, newspapers, cans, bottles,furniture, household items, such as sound emitters, for instance, stereospeakers, audio devices, engines, boom boxes, humans, animals, dogs,vehicle traffic, such as gas emitters, for instance, smokestacks,chimneys, tailpipes, such as liquid emitters, for instance, noxiousliquid emitters, fragrant liquid emitters, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention for limitation, implementations of the one ormore physical attributes 17 can include use history, can include energyrelated factors such energy usage such as gas mileage, annual fuelconsumption, cumulative fuel use over a specified period of time, milesper gallon, miles per passenger, indoor temperature, average differencebetween indoor and outdoor temperature, average indoor temperature, caninclude emissions such as substance emissions, for instance, gasemissions like carbon dioxide emissions, noxious gas emissions,odoriferous gas emissions, for instance liquid emissions like toxicliquid emissions, water emissions, oil emissions, for instance solidemissions like non-biodegradable solid emissions, biodegradable solidemissions, noxious solid emissions, can include sound emissions such asconstant sound emissions, intermittent sound emissions, low frequencysound emissions, high frequency sound emissions, can include seismicemissions such as road vibration, explosion based emissions, can includelight emissions such as intermittent light emissions, constant lightemissions, visible light emissions, ultraviolet emissions, infraredlight emissions, can include thermal emissions such as gas based thermalemissions, liquid based thermal emissions, or solid based thermalemissions, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, implementations of the one ormore social networking services 18 can include one or more online groupsor communities of people who typically share something such as one ormore interests, activities, goals, uses, ownership, etc. Implementationsof the one or more social networking services 18 can include one or moreweb based services such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, MySpace,Nexopia, Friendster, Multiply, etc. Implementations of the one or moresocial networking services 18 can provide facilities for users to createprofiles for themselves. Implementations of the one or more socialnetworking services 18 can have various classifications such as forinternal social networking or for external social networking.Implementations of the one or more social networking services 18 asinternal social networking services can be closed, private groups ofpeople within associations, companies, educational institutions,societies, or organizations such as those formed through invitation onlyarrangements. Implementations of the one or more social networkingservices 18 as external social networking services can include thoseopen to the public such as most or all users of the internet andincludes an advertising model to help support operations. The one ormore social networking services 18 can include members and others withone or more interests such as environmental issues, for instance,climate change, preservation of species, forests, wildernesses,pollution control, waste management, recycling, energy conservation,sustainable energy sources, sustainable agriculture, and/or canspecialize in one or more particular interests, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, implementations of the one ormore interfaces 20 can include one or more display screens, displaymonitors, personal data assistants (PDAs), laptop computers, desktopcomputers, cell phones, hand-held devices, keyboards, mice, trackballs,voice recognition systems, handwriting recognition systems, gesturerecognition systems, projected displays, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, implementations of the one ormore communication media 22 can include one or more wired communicationnetworks such as one or more fiber optic network, one or more cablenetwork, one or more twisted pair network, etc, can include one or morewireless communication networks such as RF, cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,3G, etc. or other communication media.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, associated with can include oneor more various ways that two or more concepts, things, constructs, etc.are brought into relationship such as through physical interaction,and/or memory and/or imagination of a perceiver thereof, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, input information can includeone or more positive and/or negative comments, instructions,descriptions, opinions, selections, demands, preferences, warnings,persuasions, facts, data, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, obtaining input information caninclude receiving wirelessly, and/or receiving through one or more wiredconnections, etc. such as through the one or more communication media 22and/or through other means such as direct input into the one or moreassessment systems 12, such as through the one or more interfaces 20being directly connected to the one or more assessment systems 12, forexample as a keyboard, touch screen, voice recognition, other inputmeans, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, components of natural and/orbuilt environments can include animals, vegetation, microorganisms,rocks, soil, atmosphere, bodies of water, and other natural phenomenathat occur with one or more boundaries thereof. Components of builtenvironments can further include man-made items such as architectural,civil, transportation structures, and/or other structures.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, effects can include factorsthat may modify, harm, change, impact, and/or benefit the effected. Forinstance, one or more effects can include increasing or decreasing suchas increasing or decreasing temperature, sound level, level of achemical constituent, energy use, species population, aesthetic quality,etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, obtaining status informationcan include use of one or more sensors in one or more physical entities,use of one or more sensors external to one or more physical entities,use of one or more remote sensors, receipt of one or more user input,use of one or more power line sensors, use of one or more power plugadapters, use of one or more breaker junction boxes, and/or receipt ofone or more human observations. Obtaining status information can alsoinvolve use of sample storage found on one or more physical entitiesand/or centrally located such as on one or more servers. Obtainingstatus information can also include sampling per location (politicalgeography, coordinate geography, neighborhood), sampling based onbusiness class, based on profession, based on government affiliation,based on educational institution, based on social class. Obtainingstatus information can also include one or more sampling styles such assampling on a single instance basis, sampling spanning a period:periodic, sporadic sampling, sampling on demand, sampling initiated byone or more individuals, sampling at will, automatic sampling per use,sampling initiated by an authority, sampling as calibration checking,sampling spanning a period of time such as lifetime, a year, month,week, day, hour, minute, second, per load, per a predefined action orevent.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, perceived by one or more humanscan include proper and/or improper understandings by the one or morehumans. Perception can be based upon scientific understanding, religiousbiases, philosophical preferences, and/or any other sort of belief,opinion, thought, etc. whether correctly or incorrectly held.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, physical environments caninclude one or more natural environments having living and/ornon-livings things naturally occurring on Earth or one or more regionsthereof without significant human intervention such as including landbased environments, or water based environments, and/or combinationsthereof. Physical environments can include built environments havingsignificant human intervention such as farmland, townships, cities,industrial parks, office parks, military installations, governmentalprojects, etc.

As a representative sampling of some of the possibilities by way ofexample without intention of limitation, status information of a subjectcan include information regarding one or more states of the subject,information that is cumulative over one or more previous periods,information that includes one or more past states of the subject,information that includes one or more present states of the subject,information that includes one or more projected states of the subject,or one or more combinations thereof.

FIG. 23

FIG. 23 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 23 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operations O1101, O1102, O1103,O1104, and O1105, which may be executed generally by, in some instances,the status determination unit 56 of the status system 14 of FIG. 6.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1101 for receiving from one of more sensorseach internally located inside of at least one of the one or more firstphysical entities. An exemplary implementation may include the sensorreceiving module 32 d of FIG. 4A configured to direct receiving from oneof more sensors each internally located inside of at least one of theone or more first physical entities 16 (for example, one or more of thetemperature sensors 66 u of the one or more first physical entities ofFIG. 6 could be located inside one or more medical hospital complexes asthe one or more first physical entities to collect temperature datawherein the one or more communication units of FIG. 6 send thetemperature data to the one or more status determination units 56 of theone or more status systems 14 of FIG. 5 to determine status information,such as one or more temperature related reports of a number of medicalhospital complexes to be received by the assessment system 12 of FIG.4).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1102 for receiving from one of more sensorseach separated from any of the one or more first physical entities. Anexemplary implementation may include the sensor receiving module 32 e ofFIG. 4A configured to direct receiving from one of more sensors eachseparated from any of the one or more first physical entities (forexample, one or more of the gas sensors 66 o of the one or more firstphysical entities 16 of FIG. 6 as coal-fired electric power plants couldbe positioned in a two mile vicinity of the coal-fired electric powerplants to monitor local effects of gas emissions therefrom wherein theone or more communication units 40 of FIG. 6 send gas emission data,such as sulfur emissions, to the one or more status determination units56 of the one or more status systems 14 of FIG. 5 to determine statusinformation, such as one or more gas emissions reports of a number ofelectric power plants to be received by the assessment system 12 of FIG.4).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1103 for receiving commentary from one or moreusers of at least one of the one or more first physical entities. Anexemplary implementation may include the commentary receiving module 32f of FIG. 4A configured to direct receiving commentary from one or moreusers of at least one of the one or more first physical entities (forexample, one or more construction managers can submit through one ormore of the interfaces 20 of FIG. 8 usage projections for earth moverequipment for the year 2010 in a southwest region of the state ofWashington to be received by the one or more status systems 14 to beused by the one or more status determination units 56 of the statussystems to determine status information, such as into one or morereports summarizing earth mover usage projections by a number ofmanagers to be received by the assessment system 12 of FIG. 4).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1104 for receiving observation from one ormore human observers of at least one of the one or more first physicalentities. An exemplary implementation may include the observationreceiving module 32 g of FIG. 4A configured to direct receivingobservation from one or more human observers of at least one of the oneor more first physical entities (for example one or more human observerscan submit through the one or more interfaces 20 of FIG. 8 data of allterrain vehicle use in endangered wildlife areas throughout the UnitedStates to be received by the one or more status determination units 56of the one or more status systems 14 of FIG. 5 to determine statusinformation such as one or more reports regarding all terrain vehicleuse summarized by geographical regions in the United States to bereceived be the assessment system 12 of FIG. 4).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1105 for receiving from one or more sensorseach affixed to at least one of the one or more first physical entities.An exemplary implementation may include the sensor receiving module 32 hof FIG. 4A configured to direct receiving from one or more sensors eachaffixed to at least one of the one or more first physical entities (forexample, the one or more fuel sensors 66 t of the one or more firstphysical entities 16 of FIG. 6 as one or more road vehicles, such ascars and/or trucks, can be affixed to the one or more vehicles as milesper gallon sensors to send miles per gallon data through the one or morecommunication units 40 of the one or more first physical entities ofFIG. 6 to the one or more status determination units 56 of the one ormore status systems 14 of FIG. 5 to determine status information, suchas one or more miles per gallon reports of a number of vehicles, such asa class of vehicle such as SUVs or hydrids, to be received by theassessment system 12 of FIG. 4).

FIG. 24

FIG. 24 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 24 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1106, O1107, O1108, O1109,and O1110, which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1106 for receiving from sensors each coupledto power transmission for at least one of the one or more first physicalentities. An exemplary implementation may include the sensor receivingmodule 32 i of FIG. 4A configured to direct receiving from sensors eachcoupled to power transmission for one of the one or more first physicalentities (for example, the one or more electric sensors 66 t of the oneor more first physical entities 16 of FIG. 6 as one or more electricalappliances, such as clothes washers, can be coupled to the one or morepower supplies of the one or more clothes washers to send kilowatt-hourselectric usage data for a weekly time span data to the one or morestatus determination units 56 of the one or more status systems 14 ofFIG. 5 to determine status information, such as weekly kilowatt-hourelectric usage reports of a number of clothes washers, such as a classof clothes washers, such as Laundromat clothes washers, to be receivedby the assessment system 12 of FIG. 4).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1107 for receiving from storage eachinternally located within at least one of the one or more of the firstphysical entities. An exemplary implementation may include the storagereceiving module 32 j of FIG. 4A configured to direct receiving fromstorage each internally located within one of the one or more of thephysical entities. (for example, the one or more memories 42 c of theone or more communication units 40 of the physical entities 16 of FIG. 6as one or more laptops, can be configured to send kilowatt-hourselectric usage data for a daily time span data by the communication unit40 to the one or more status determination units 56 of the one or morestatus systems 14 of FIG. 5 to determine status information, such asweekly kilowatt-hour electric usage reports of a number of laptops, suchas a class of laptops, such as laptops associated with a number ofcolleges and universities located in a geographical region such as thesouthern United States, to be received by the assessment system 12 ofFIG. 4).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1108 for receiving from one or more storageunits each remote from the one or more first physical entities. Anexemplary implementation may include the storage receiving module 32 kof FIG. 4A configured to direct receiving from one or more storage unitseach remote from the one or more first physical entities (for example,one or more reports of weekly electric usage for entertainment centersin one or more west Seattle neighborhoods contained in the one or morememories 42 c of the one or more communication units 40 of the one ormore status systems 14 of FIG. 5 located outside of the one or more westSeattle neighborhoods being received by the assessment system 12 of FIG.4).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1109 for receiving sensing data regarding atleast one of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the sensing receiving module 32 l of FIG. 4Aconfigured to direct receiving sensing data regarding at least one ofthe one or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreseismic based sensing components 54 c of the one or more sensing units54 of the status system 14 of FIG. 5 can collect seismic data regardinga number of construction projects to be summarized into one or morereports by the status determination unit 56 to be received by theassessment system 12 of FIG. 4).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1110 for sampling according to at least inpart municipalities. An exemplary implementation may include themunicipality receiving module 32 m of FIG. 4A configured to directsampling according to at least in part municipalities (for example, theone or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive statusinformation, such as regarding atmospheric NOx levels from vehicleemissions in the area, from the one or more status systems 14 of FIG. 5each located in a city or township in the United Status with apopulation over 50,000 people).

FIG. 25

FIG. 25 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 25 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1111, O1112, O1113, O1114,and O1115, which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1111 for sampling according to at least inpart geographical regions. An exemplary implementation may include thegeographic receiving module 32 n of FIG. 4A configured to directsampling according to at least in part geographical regions (forexample, the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receivestatus information, such as regarding petroleum levels in bodies ofwater due to discharge from watercraft, from the one or more statussystems 14 of FIG. 5 each located in various geographical regions of theworld, such as including various mountainous regions, plains regions,and/or desert regions).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1112 for sampling according to at least inpart demographic region. An exemplary implementation may include thedemographic sampling module 320 of FIG. 4A configured to direct samplingaccording to at least in part a demographic regions (for example, theone or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive statusinformation, such as regarding overall energy usage per household, fromthe one or more status systems 14 of FIG. 5 each household located invarious demographic regions of the world, such as including variousurban, rural, and/or suburban neighborhoods).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1113 for sampling over one or more selectedinstances. An exemplary implementation may include the selected samplingmodule 32 p of FIG. 4A configured to direct sampling over one or moreselected instances (for example, the one or more assessment systems 12of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regarding number oftons of refuse collected from various neighborhoods in a metropolitanarea such as Dallas, Tex., USA for a monthly periods, such as January,April, June, September, and November for years ending in odd numbers andFebruary, May, July, and October for years ending in even numbers).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1114 for sampling over a predetermined span oftime. An exemplary implementation may include the span sampling module32 q of FIG. 4A configured to direct sampling over a predetermined spanof time (for example, the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4can receive status information, such as regarding number of miles drivenby state and particular vehicle from Mar. 1, 2009 through Nov. 30).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1115 for sampling initiated at least by one ormore observers each of at least one of the one or more first physicalentities. An exemplary implementation may include the observer samplingmodule 32 r of FIG. 4A configured to direct sampling initiated at leastby one or more observers each of at least one of the one or more firstphysical entities. (For example, the one or more assessment systems 12of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regarding number ofmiles driven by state and particular vehicle from Mar. 1, 2009 throughNov. 30, 2010).

FIG. 26

FIG. 26 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 26 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1116, O1117, O1118, O1119,and O1120, which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1116 for sampling initiated by at least one ormore users each of at least one of the one or more first physicalentities. An exemplary implementation may include the user samplingmodule 32 s of FIG. 4A configured to direct sampling initiated by atleast one or more users each of one of the one or more first physicalentities (for example, the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4can receive status information, such as regarding one or more reports onmiles per gallon for a number of vehicles as the one or more firstphysical entities 16 with collection of miles per gallon data beinginitiated by the drivers of each of the vehicles).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1117 for sampling initiated at least by anauthority. An exemplary implementation may include the authoritysampling module 32 t of FIG. 4A configured to direct sampling initiatedat least by an authority (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardinghousehold water usage in gallons for a number of households as the oneor more first physical entities 16 with collection of water usage beinginitiated by a local public works office of a local municipality during,for instance, a dry season of diminished municipal water supply).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1118 for sampling initiated at least per eachuse of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the use sampling module 32 u of FIG. 4Aconfigured to direct sampling initiated at least per each use of the oneor more first physical entities. (For example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding firearm use location correlated with rounds per session for anumber of firearms as the one or more first physical entities 16 withcollection of firearm use being initiated by an initial firing demarkinga beginning of a session).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1119 for sampling initiated at least by one ormore predefined events. An exemplary implementation may include theevent sampling module 32 v of FIG. 4A configured to direct samplinginitiated at least by one or more predefined events. (For example, theone or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive statusinformation, such as regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 ofFIG. 1 related to tailpipe emissions for a number of vehicles, thetailpipe emissions being collected for each vehicle when each vehicle isexperiencing an acceleration event).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1120 for obtaining status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including use history regarding eachof the one or more first physical entities. An exemplary implementationmay include the use history obtaining module 32 w of FIG. 4A configuredto direct obtaining status information about the one or more physicalattributes including use history regarding each of the one or more firstphysical entities (for example, the one or more assessment systems 12 ofFIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regarding the one or morephysical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to number of highway milesdriven versus number of city miles driven for a number of vehicles asthe one or more first physical entities 16 wherein highway miles andcity miles are distinguished by the vehicles traveling at least 50 milesper hour and traveling under 50 miles per hour, respectively).

FIG. 27

FIG. 27 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 27 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1121, O1122, O1123, O1124,and O1125, which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1121 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including energy use regarding eachof the one or more first physical entities. An exemplary implementationmay include the energy use receiving module 32 x of FIG. 4A configuredto direct receiving status information about the one or more physicalattributes including energy use regarding each of the one or more firstphysical entities (for example, the one or more assessment systems 12 ofFIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regarding the one or morephysical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to number of BTU-hours consumedby a number of commercial heating systems for office complexes as theone or more first physical entities 16 of FIG. 6).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1122 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including gas mileage regarding eachof the one or more first physical entities. An exemplary implementationmay include the gas mileage receiving module 32 y of FIG. 4A configuredto direct receiving status information about the one or more physicalattributes including gas mileage regarding each of the one or more firstphysical entities (for example, the one or more assessment systems 12 ofFIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regarding the one or morephysical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to gas mileage for a firstnumber of hybrid cars versus gas mileage a second number of diesel carsas the one or more first physical entities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1123 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including annual fuel consumptionregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the fuel consumption receiving module 32 z ofFIG. 4A configured to direct receiving status information about the oneor more physical attributes including annual fuel consumption regardingeach of the one or more first physical entities (for example, the one ormore assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information,such as regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1related to annual fuel consumption in barrels of heating oil for anumber of homes in a particular neighborhood as the one or more firstphysical entities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1124 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including cumulative fuel useregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the fuel use receiving module 32 aa of FIG.4A configured to direct receiving status information about the one ormore physical attributes including cumulative fuel use regarding each ofthe one or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related tometric tons of coal cumulatively used over a fourth quarter of 2009 by anumber of coal-fired boilers for industrial steam and electric powergeneration as the one or more first physical entities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1125 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including one or more statisticaltemperature values regarding each of the one or more first physicalentities. An exemplary implementation may include the statisticaltemperature receiving module 32 ab of FIG. 4A configured to directreceiving status information about the one or more physical attributesincluding one or more statistical temperature values regarding each ofthe one or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related tomean high temperatures and mean low temperatures for meeting facilitiesincluding concert halls and convention centers as the one or more firstphysical entities 16).

FIG. 28

FIG. 28 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 28 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1126, O1127, O1128, O1129,and O1130, which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1126 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including differential temperatureregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the differential temperature receiving module32 ac of FIG. 4A configured to direct receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including differential temperatureregarding each of the one or more first physical entities (for example,the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive statusinformation, such as regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 ofFIG. 1 related to temperature differences between indoor temperatures ofeducational facilities, such as schools, and temperatures of outdoor airadjacent the educational facilities as the one or more first physicalentities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1127 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including indoor temperatureregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the indoor temperature receiving module 32 adof FIG. 4A configured to direct receiving status information about theone or more physical attributes including indoor temperature regardingeach of the one or more first physical entities (for example, the one ormore assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information,such as regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1related to indoor temperature profiles over one or more 24 hour periodsof a number of office facilities and other work facilities includingfactory floors and retail shops as the one or more first physicalentities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1128 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including gas emissions regardingeach of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the gas emissions receiving module 32 ae ofFIG. 4A configured to direct receiving status information about the oneor more physical attributes including gas emissions regarding each ofthe one or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related tocarbon dioxide gas emissions of a number of fossil fuel, such as coal,oil, or wood fired furnaces as the one or more first physical entities16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1129 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including liquid emissions regardingeach of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the liquid emissions receiving module 32 afof FIG. 4A configured to direct receiving status information about theone or more physical attributes including liquid emissions regardingeach of the one or more first physical entities (for example, the one ormore assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information,such as regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1related to petro-chemical liquid emissions of a number of containerships entering into sea ports of the United States as the one or morefirst physical entities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1130 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including solid emissions regardingeach of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the solid emissions receiving module 32 ag ofFIG. 4A configured to direct receiving status information about the oneor more physical attributes including solid emissions regarding each ofthe one or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related tothe number of tons of garbage dumped over a week period of time frombarges as the one or more first physical entities 16 into a body ofwater such as an off-shore area of the Atlantic Ocean).

FIG. 29

FIG. 29 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 29 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1131, O1132, O1133, O1134,and O1135, which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1131 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including sound emissions regardingeach of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the sound emissions receiving module 32 ah ofFIG. 4A configured to direct receiving status information about the oneor more physical attributes including sound emissions regarding each ofthe one or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to a24 hour time history of decibel levels of sound produced by yardequipment for each of a number of homes restricted by covenants or otherprovisions limiting generation of noise between specified hours during aday by yard equipment such as lawn mowers, blowers, and trimmers as theone or more first physical entities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1132 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including electromagnetic emissionsregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the EM emissions module 32 ba of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes including electromagnetic emissions regarding eachof the one or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related toelectromagnetic emissions within work centers from communicationequipment, such as wireless networking equipment and/or cellulartransmission equipment and/or in selected neighborhoods from overheadelectric power transmission lines as the one or more first physicalentities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1133 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including seismic emissionsregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the seismic emissions module 32 bb of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes including seismic emissions such as regarding eachof the one or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related toseismic emissions from construction equipment, such as bulldozers, jackhammers, pile drivers, etc being operated in proximity to vibrationsensitive activities such as office buildings or other facilities wheremental concentration could be disrupted by such seismic emissions of theconstruction equipment, as the one or more first physical entities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1134 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including thermal emissionsregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the thermal emissions module 32 bc of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes including thermal emissions regarding each of theone or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related tothermal emissions from homes and office buildings as the one or morefirst physical entities 16 such as in the form of infrared capturedthermal profiles of each building to characterize thermal insulationefficiencies of the buildings).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1135 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including light emissions regardingeach of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the light emissions module 32 bd of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes including light emissions regarding each of the oneor more first physical entities (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to amount oflumens being emitted from office buildings during grave-shift hoursthereby indicating a degree of energy wastefulness as associated withthe office buildings as the one or more first physical entities 16).

FIG. 30

FIG. 30 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 30 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1136, O1137, O1138, O1139,and O1140, which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1136 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including water use regarding eachof the one or more first physical entities. An exemplary implementationmay include the water use module 32 be of FIG. 4B configured to directreceiving status information about the one or more physical attributesincluding water use regarding each of the one or more first physicalentities (for example, the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4can receive status information, such as regarding the one or morephysical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to number of gallons of waterused over a summer time period by car wash facilities located across adesert region thereby indicating level of water use by the car washfacilities as the one or more first physical entities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1137 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including air use regarding each ofthe one or more first physical entities. An exemplary implementation mayinclude the air use module 32 bf of FIG. 4B configured to directreceiving status information about the one or more physical attributesincluding air use regarding each of the one or more first physicalentities (for example, the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4can receive status information, such as regarding the one or morephysical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to carbon dioxide levels ofinterior air and exhaust air from a number of office buildings andcenters thereby indicating level of air quality of the office buildingand centers as the one or more first physical entities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1138 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including resource use regardingeach of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the resource use module 32 bg of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes including resource use regarding each of the one ormore first physical entities (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to number oftons of recyclable material disposed of in land fills by garbage trucksas the one or more first physical entities 16 servicing a number ofvarious neighborhoods to indicate the various resource use efficienciesassociated with the various neighborhoods, such as a highly efficientresource use neighborhood would have a low level of recyclable materialand a less efficient resource use neighborhood would have a higher levelof recyclable material in the garage trucks being disposed of as garbagerather than recyclable material).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1139 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including prohibited use regardingeach of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the prohibited use module 32 bh of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes including prohibited use regarding each of the oneor more first physical entities (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to numbers ofelephants as the one or more first physical entities 16 being poached invarious regions of the world for ivory, which has been prohibited inmany areas of the world but has continued on due to small legalizedmarkets serving as laundering opportunities for the illegal ivory).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1140 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including fuel conservationregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the fuel conservation module 32 bi of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes including fuel conservation regarding each of theone or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related tonumber of miles walked for each of a number of individuals havingmonitored walking shoes as the one or more first physical entities 16 ascompared to number of miles that the individuals drive their respectivevehicles as other of the one or more first physical entities as anindication of degree of fuel conservation being practiced by each of theindividuals).

FIG. 31

FIG. 31 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 31 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1141, O1142, O1143, O1144,and O1145, which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1141 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including water conservationregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the water conservation module 32 bj of FIG.4B configured to direct receiving status information about the one ormore physical attributes including water conservation regarding each ofthe one or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related tonumber of gallons of water annually used in servicing each customer byrestaurants and other food preparation facilities as the one or morefirst physical entities 16 thereby indicating associated levels of waterconservation).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1142 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including resource conservationregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the resource conservation module 32 bk ofFIG. 4B configured to direct receiving status information about the oneor more physical attributes including resource conservation regardingeach of the one or more first physical entities (for example, the one ormore assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information,such as regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1related to number of trees planted in various designated acreage as theone or more first physical entities 16 of FIG. 6 thereby indicatinglevel of soil conservation).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1143 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including energy conservationregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the energy conservation module 32 bl of FIG.4B configured to direct receiving status information about the one ormore physical attributes including energy conservation regarding each ofthe one or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related toR-ratings of building walls as the one or more first physical entities16 as determined from infrared scans of the building walls).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1144 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including land conservationregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the land conservation module 32 bm of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes including land conservation regarding each of theone or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related touse of petrochemical fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides as the oneor more first physical entities 16 on crop acreage as an indicator ofland conservation).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1145 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including recycled material useregarding each of the one or more first physical entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the material use module 32 bn of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes including recycled material use regarding each ofthe one or more first physical entities (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related tonumber of pounds of recycled material per household as the one or morefirst physical entities 16 in a number of neighborhoods taken to one ormore recycle facilities).

FIG. 32

FIG. 32 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 32 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1146, O1147, O1148, O1149,and O1150, which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1146 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more land vehicles. An exemplaryimplementation may include the land vehicle module 32 bo of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more land vehicles (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to noxious gasemission levels on a monthly basis from over the road semi-tractortrailers as the one or more first physical entities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1147 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more air vehicles. An exemplaryimplementation may include the air vehicle module 32 bp of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more air vehicles (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to noxious gasemission levels on a quarterly basis from commercial jet aircraft as theone or more first physical entities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1148 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more water vehicles. An exemplaryimplementation may include the water vehicle module 32 bq of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more water vehicles (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to noxiousliquid emission levels on a daily basis from a number of cruise ships asthe one or more first physical entities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1149 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more architectural structures. Anexemplary implementation may include the architectural module 32 br ofFIG. 4B configured to direct receiving status information about the oneor more physical attributes associated with one or more first physicalentities as one or more architectural structures vehicles (for example,the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive statusinformation, such as regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 ofFIG. 1 related to peak electric power consumption on a monthly basis formedical centers as architectural structures as the one or more firstphysical entities 16).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1150 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more habitations. An exemplaryimplementation may include the habitation module 32 bs of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more habitations (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to airconditioner usage for the months of June, July, and August for a numberof single residential homes as one or more habitations as the one ormore first physical entities 16 of FIG. 16 in a southwest region such asthe greater Phoenix Ariz. area).

FIG. 33

FIG. 33 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 33 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1151, O1152, O1153, O1154,and O1155, which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1151 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more audio systems. An exemplaryimplementation may include the audio module 32 bt of FIG. 4B configuredto direct receiving status information about the one or more physicalattributes associated with one or more first physical entities as one ormore audio systems (for example, the one or more assessment systems 12of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regarding the one ormore physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to current or averagedecibel levels of sound as the one or more physical attribute 17 beingoutputted by a number of audio systems as the one or more first physicalentities 16 of FIG. 16, such as personal multimedia entertainmentcenters, boom boxes, audio systems of computers, etc located withinindividual apartment units, condominium units, and/or townhomes).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1152 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more video systems. An exemplaryimplementation may include the video module 32 bu of FIG. 4B configuredto direct receiving status information about the one or more physicalattributes associated with one or more first physical entities as one ormore video systems (for example, the one or more assessment systems 12of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regarding the one ormore physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to current video contentbeing displayed by a number of video display devices as the one or morefirst physical entities 16 of FIG. 6 such as television displays,computer displays, projection displays, etc, such as regarding a ratingsystem using rating characteristics of a standard rating system such asthe Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1153 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more kitchen appliances. An exemplaryimplementation may include the kitchen appliance module 32 bv of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more kitchen appliances (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related toair conditioner usage for the months of June, July, and August for anumber of single residential homes as one or more habitations as the oneor more first physical entities 16 of FIG. 6 in a southwest region suchas the greater Phoenix Ariz. area).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1154 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more laundry appliances. An exemplaryimplementation may include the laundry appliance module 32 bw of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more laundry appliances (for example, the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such asregarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related tonumber of laundry loads and gallons of water consumed over a monthperiod for a number of household clothes washing machines as the one ormore laundry machines as the one or more first physical entities 16 ofFIG. 6).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1155 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more yard equipment. An exemplaryimplementation may include the yard equipment module 32 bx of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more yard equipment (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to dB levelsand clock time of operation for a number of household lawn mowers as theone or more yard equipment as the one or more first physical entities 16of FIG. 6).

FIG. 34

FIG. 34 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 34 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1156, O1157, O1158, O1159,and O1160, which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1156 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more indoor climate control. Anexemplary implementation may include the indoor climate module 32 by ofFIG. 4B configured to direct receiving status information about the oneor more physical attributes associated with one or more first physicalentities as one or more indoor climate control (for example, the one ormore assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information,such as regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1related to carbon dioxide levels indicating use and effectiveness of aircirculation equipment in office complexes as the one or more firstphysical entities 16 of FIG. 6).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1157 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more sound emitters. An exemplaryimplementation may include the sound emitter module 32 bz of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more sound emitters (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to dB and clocktime of operation of outside barking for a number of residentialhousehold pet canines as the one or more first physical entities 16 ofFIG. 6).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1158 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more handheld devices. An exemplaryimplementation may include the handheld device module 32 baa of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more handheld devices (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to usage inlimited use restricted areas for cell phones, PDAs, hand held computersor other hand held audio capable devices capable of receiving humanspeech as the one or more first physical entities 16 of FIG. 6).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1159 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more breathalyzer devices. Anexemplary implementation may include the breathalyzer device module 32bab of FIG. 4B configured to direct receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with one or more firstphysical entities as one or more handheld devices (for example, the oneor more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information,such as regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1related to breath alcohol level, breath illicit drug level, or otherbreath content of a number of vehicle operators as the one or more firstphysical entities 16 of FIG. 6).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1160 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more clothing items. An exemplaryimplementation may include the clothing module 32 bac of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more clothing items (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to usage, suchas number of miles used and/or location of use, of a number of pairs ofwalking sneakers as the one or more first physical entities 16 of FIG.6).

FIG. 35

FIG. 35 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 35 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1161, O1162, O1163, O1164,and O1165, which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1161 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more containers. An exemplaryimplementation may include the container module 32 bad of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more containers (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to usage ofrecycle bins in households, such as number or weight of recycled itemscontained in the recycle bin as the one or more first physical entities16 of FIG. 6).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1162 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more gas emitters. An exemplaryimplementation may include the gas emitter module 32 bae of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more gas emitters (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to amount ofsoot, ash, carbon dioxide and other gases being emitted by a number ofsmokestacks of industrial parks as the one or more first physicalentities 16 of FIG. 6).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1163 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more liquid emitters. An exemplaryimplementation may include the liquid emitter module 32 baf of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more liquid emitters (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to amount ofeffluent and other noxious liquids being emitted by a number ofdrainpipes of industrial parks as the one or more first physicalentities 16 of FIG. 6).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1164 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more light emitters. An exemplaryimplementation may include the light emitter module 32 bag of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more light emitters (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to amount oflumens separately emitted by incandescent, fluorescent, and lightemitting diodes for a number of houses as the one or more first physicalentities 16 of FIG. 6).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1165 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more seismic emitters. An exemplaryimplementation may include the seismic emitter module 32 bah of FIG. 4Bconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more seismic emitters (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to vibrationemitted during predetermined times of the day such as during rush hoursfrom freeway traffic of cars, trucks, and busses as the one or morefirst physical entities 16 of FIG. 6).

FIG. 36

FIG. 36 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO11 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 36 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O11 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1166, O1167, and O1168,which may be executed generally by the assessment system 12 of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1166 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more solid emitters. An exemplaryimplementation may include the solid emitter module 32 ca of FIG. 4Cconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more solid emitters (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to number ofoccurrences of liter being emitted in designated monitored areas ofnational parks by a number of litterbugs as the one or more firstphysical entities 16 of FIG. 6).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1167 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more electromagnetic emitters. Anexemplary implementation may include the EM emitter module 32 cb of FIG.4C configured to direct receiving status information about the one ormore physical attributes associated with one or more first physicalentities as one or more electromagnetic emitters (for example, the oneor more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information,such as regarding the one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1related to location of radar waves being emitted by traffic detectors asthe one or more first physical entities 16 of FIG. 6).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1168 for receiving status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes associated with the one or morefirst physical entities as one or more thermal emitters. An exemplaryimplementation may include the thermal emitter module 32 cc of FIG. 4Cconfigured to direct receiving status information about the one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesas one or more thermal emitters (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive status information, such as regardingthe one or more physical attributes 17 of FIG. 1 related to amount ofheat in BTUs into outside air by commercial office buildings as the oneor more first physical entities 16 of FIG. 6).

FIG. 37

FIG. 37 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO12 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 37 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O12 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operations O1201, O1202, O1203,O1204, and/or O1205, which may be executed generally by, in someinstances, one or more of the sensors 66 of the physical entities 16 ofFIG. 10 or one or more sensing components of the sensing unit 54 of thestatus system 14 of FIG. 6.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O12 mayinclude the operation of O1201 for receiving the input informationincluding one or more comments. An exemplary implementation may includethe comments receiving module 32 cd of FIG. 4C configured to directreceiving the input information including one or more comments (forexample, the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receiveinput information containing comments about the one or more physicalattributes 17 of the one or more first physical entities and the one ormore second physical entities 16 such as regarding one or more cars in afirst group and one or more cars in a second group that do not have atleast a 35 miles per gallon rating should be penalized or otherwisediscouraged from being operated).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O12 mayinclude the operation of O1202 for receiving the input informationincluding wirelessly receiving. An exemplary implementation may includethe wireless receiving module 32 ce of FIG. 4C configured to directreceiving the input information including wirelessly receiving (forexample, the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receiveinput information such as opinions as to why office buildings should bekept no more than 62 degrees Fahrenheit during winter months through theone or more communication media 22 as one or more wireless cellularcommunication networks).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O12 mayinclude the operation of O1203 for receiving the input informationincluding through one or more wired networks. An exemplaryimplementation may include the wired receiving module 32 cf of FIG. 4Cconfigured to direct receiving the input information including throughone or more wired networks (for example, the one or more assessmentsystems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive input information, such as preferencesexpressed about monetary rewards for carpooling during rush hourtraffic, through the one or more communication media 22 as one or morewired fiber optic and/or Ethernet communication networks).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O12 mayinclude the operation of O1204 for receiving the input informationthrough at least in part the one or more social networking servicesincluding an external service. An exemplary implementation may includethe external social networking module 32 cg of FIG. 4C configured todirect receiving the input information through at least in part the oneor more social networking services including an external service (forexample, the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receiveinput information, such as air conditioner use should be only formedically needy persons during high peak electric demand during thesummer, through the one or more social networking services 18 of FIG. 1,such as Friendster, which is an external social networking serviceaccessible to a general public internet audience).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O12 mayinclude the operation of O1205 for receiving the input informationthrough at least in part the one or more social networking servicesincluding an internal service. An exemplary implementation may includethe internal social networking module 32 cg of FIG. 4C configured todirect receiving the input information through at least in part the oneor more social networking services including an internal service (forexample, the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receiveinput information, such as dogs should not be allowed to bark outside inthe city for more than 30 seconds a session, through the one or moresocial networking services 18 of FIG. 1, such as an internal web-basedforum service hosted on an internal local area network of GlobalServices, Inc as an internal networking service accessible only toemployees and immediate family members of employees of Global Services,Inc).

FIG. 38

FIG. 38 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO12 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 38 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O12 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operations O1206, O1207, O1208,O1209, and/or O1210, which may be executed generally by, in someinstances, one or more of the sensors 66 of the physical entities 16 ofFIG. 10 or one or more sensing components of the sensing unit 54 of thestatus system 14 of FIG. 6.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O12 mayinclude the operation of O1206 for receiving the input informationincluding one or more selections. An exemplary implementation mayinclude the receiving selections module 32 ci of FIG. 4C configured todirect receiving the input information including one or more selections(for example, the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 canreceive input information, such as including a number of selectionindications choosing gas mileage gains for cars rather than comfortfactors such as larger sized cars or higher level of driving performancefor individual drivers).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O12 mayinclude the operation of O1207 for receiving the input informationincluding one or more preferences. An exemplary implementation mayinclude the receiving preferences module 32 cj of FIG. 4C configured todirect receiving the input information including one or more preferences(for example, the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 canreceive input information, such as including the preference statementthat diesel cars running biodiesel are preferable to hybrid cars runninggas for scoring various cars regarding gas mileage).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O12 mayinclude the operation of O1208 for receiving the input informationincluding one or more warnings. An exemplary implementation may includethe receiving warnings module 32 ck of FIG. 4C configured to directreceiving the input information including one or more warnings (forexample, the one or more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receiveinput information, such as the high levels of carbon dioxide found inmany sampled office buildings can result in poor performance by theoffice workers).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O12 mayinclude the operation of O1209 for receiving the input informationincluding one or more persuasive statements. An exemplary implementationmay include the receiving persuasive module 32 cl of FIG. 4C configuredto direct receiving the input information including one or morepersuasive statements (for example, the one or more assessment systems12 of FIG. 4 can receive input information, such as carbon dioxidelevels in the upper atmosphere are detrimentally influencing climatesaround the world such that carbon dioxide production should be monitoredand regulated at the local level including use of fuel for heatingsystems).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O12 mayinclude the operation of O1210 for receiving the input informationincluding one or more facts. An exemplary implementation may include thereceiving facts module 32 cm of FIG. 4C configured to direct receivingthe input information including one or more facts (for example, the oneor more assessment systems 12 of FIG. 4 can receive input information,such as there were 38 days in the 1^(st) quarter of 2009 in whichmaximum decibel levels were exceeded in noise sensitive neighborhoods ina vicinity of a hospital complex).

FIG. 39

FIG. 39 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO13 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 39 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O13 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operations O1301, O1302, O1303,O1304, and O1305, which may be executed generally by, in some instances,the status determination unit 56 of the status system 14 of FIG. 6.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1301 for determining assessment informationincluding one or more summaries comparing the one or more first entitieswith the one or more second entities. An exemplary implementation mayinclude the summaries module 32 cn of FIG. 4C configured to directdetermining assessment information including one or more summaries (forexample, the assessment unit 30 of the assessment system 12 of FIG. 4may determine one or more summaries comparing carbon dioxide emissionsof vehicle use for a first group of hybrid vehicles compared with asecond group of conventional gasoline fueled vehicles in twenty majorcities of the United States for March 2009 to include emissions byvehicle age, weight, and engine category based upon emissions factsabout the cities found in the status information received from thestatus system 14 of FIG. 5 and ratings of the emissions summariesaccording to preferences stated regarding vehicles according to vehiclecomfort and concern regarding climate change expressed on the one ormore social networking systems 18 of FIG. 7 and sent to the assessmentsystem as the input information).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1302 for determining assessment informationincluding one or more incentives associated with the one or more firstentities compared with one or more incentives associated with the one ormore second entities. An exemplary implementation may include theincentives module 32 co of FIG. 4C configured to direct determiningassessment information including one or more incentives (for example,the assessment unit 30 of the assessment system 12 of FIG. 4 may comparethe effectiveness of cash incentives for a first group of vehicles withgift card incentives for a second group of vehicles, for each landvehicle from the first group and second group achieving for a threemonth period at least 10% greater overall gas mileage efficiency thanEnvironmental Protection Agency fuel consumption estimates based uponbased upon gas mileage facts found regarding the vehicles in the statusinformation received from the status system 14 of FIG. 5 and incentivesuggestions stated regarding gas mileage efficiencies expressed on theone or more clean auto forum social networking systems 18 of FIG. 7 andsent to the assessment system as the input information).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1303 for determining assessment informationincluding one or more statistics associated with the one or more firstentities compared with one or more incentives associated with the one ormore second entities. An exemplary implementation may include thestatistics module 32 cp of FIG. 4C configured to direct determiningassessment information including one or more statistics (for example,the assessment unit 30 of the assessment system 12 of FIG. 4 maycompared a first group of electric power plant candidates worthy ofreceiving cash awards with a second group of electric power plantcandidates not worthy of cash awards based upon statistics, such as aGaussian distribution, of reductions of carbon dioxide emissions due tocarbon dioxide reclamation efforts in growing companion algae farms asevidenced by carbon dioxide emissions facts and status contained in thestatus information sent to the assessment unit by the status system 14of FIG. 5 and based upon award suggestions posted to one or more globalclimate change forums as the one or more social networking services 18of FIG. 7 sent to the assessment unit).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1304 for determining assessment informationincluding one or more projections associated with the one or more firstentities compared with one or more incentives associated with the one ormore second entities. An exemplary implementation may include theprojections module 32 cq of FIG. 4C configured to direct determiningassessment information including one or more projections (for example,the assessment unit 30 of the assessment system 12 of FIG. 4 may compareprojections for future energy use in kilo-watt hours of one or morefirst residential neighborhoods with one or more second residentialneighborhoods based upon current energy use in kilo-watt hours receivedas the status information and based upon affirmations and goalsexpressed by residents of the one or more first residentialneighborhoods and the one or more second residential neighborhoodsreceived as input information).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1305 for determining assessment informationincluding one or more scores associated with the one or more firstentities compared with one or more incentives associated with the one ormore second entities. An exemplary implementation may include the scoresmodule 32 cr of FIG. 4C configured to direct determining assessmentinformation including one or more scores (for example, the assessmentunit 30 of the assessment system 12 of FIG. 4 may compare scores for oneor more first neighborhoods with one or more second neighborhoodsregarding compliance with noise ordinance objectives associated withquiet hours received as status information containing number of timesnoise thresholds were breached in a fiscal year and received assubjective scoring criteria such as poor, fair, good, excellent beingassigned to progressively less times the noise thresholds were breachedas submitted to one or more social networking services 18 of FIG. 7 suchas an internal forum set up for residences of the one or moreneighborhoods involved).

FIG. 40

FIG. 40 illustrates various implementations of the exemplary operationO13 of FIG. 22. In particular, FIG. 40 illustrates exampleimplementations where the operation O13 includes one or more additionaloperations including, for example, operation O1306, and 1307, which maybe executed generally by the assessment system 12 of FIG. 3.

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1306 for determining assessment informationincluding one or more classifications associated with the one or morefirst entities compared with one or more incentives associated with theone or more second entities. An exemplary implementation may include theclassifications module 32 cs of FIG. 4C configured to direct determiningassessment information including one or more classifications (forexample, the assessment unit 30 of the assessment system 12 of FIG. 4may compare diesel fuel use for one or more first diesel generators withone or more second diesel generators in gallons of fuel per year fordiesel generator engine operation, as received as status information, toa number of classifications, as received as input information, such asguzzler, moderate, and economizer for excessive quantities of fuel used,average quantities of fuel used, and minimal quantities of fuel used,respectively).

For instance, in some implementations, the exemplary operation O11 mayinclude the operation of O1307 for determining assessment informationincluding status of progress towards one or more goals associated withthe one or more first entities compared with one or more incentivesassociated with the one or more second entities. An exemplaryimplementation may include the progress module 32 ct of FIG. 4Cconfigured to direct determining assessment information including statusof progress towards one or more goals (for example, the assessment unit30 of the assessment system 12 of FIG. 4 may compare a total currentyear electric energy usage in kilo-watt hours for one or more firstoffice parks of buildings with one or more first office parks ofbuildings, as received as status information, to a goal of a percentagereduction in annual electric energy usage as received as inputinformation, such as a 34% reduction in total annual electric energyusage to determine status of progress toward the 34% reduction goal suchas to date there has been a 38% reduction in total electric energy usageso that if current usage trends continue the annual goal will be met.

FIG. 43

A partial view of a system S100 is shown in FIG. 43 that includes acomputer program S104 for executing a computer process on a computingpostural influencer. An implementation of the system S100 is providedusing a signal-bearing medium S102 bearing one or more instructionsobtaining status information about one or more physical attributesassociated with one or more first physical entities and one or moresecond physical entities, the one or more physical attributes each beingperceived by one or more humans as being capable of having one or moreeffects upon one or more physical environments may be executed by, forexample, the one or more assessment units 30 of the one or moreassessment systems 12 of FIG. 4. An exemplary implementation mayinclude, obtaining status information (for example, the one or moreassessment units 30 can receive the status information from the one ormore status determination units 56 of the one or more status systems 14of FIG. 5 having beforehand determined the status information based upondata collected through the one or more sensing units 54 of the one ormore status systems 14 and/or the one or more sensors 66 of the one ormore status systems 14 of FIG. 5) about one or more physical attributesassociated with one or more physical entities (for example, the one ormore electricity sensors 66 r of one or more physical entities 16, suchas one or more houses, may collect data regarding the one or morephysical attributes 17 related to electricity usage associated with theone or more houses. The status information thus determined, forinstance, could be related to electricity usage in kilowatt-hours per agiven period such as a particular yearly quarter, such as the 3^(rd)quarter of 2009) the one or more physical attributes each beingperceived by one or more humans as being capable of having one or moreeffects upon one or more physical environments (for example, theelectricity usage for the one or more houses could be perceived by oneor more humans as being capable of having a detrimental effect upon oneor more atmospheric environments, such as, air quality near an electricpower plant, and/or one or more water-based environments, such as riversor other bodies of water near an electric power plant, due to thermaland/or gaseous emissions produced, such as elevated water temperaturesnear an electric power plant and/or elevated sulfur gas levels or carbondioxide gas levels in air near an electric power plant, as consequencesof electricity generation by certain fuel-based electric power plants,such as coal-fired electric power plants).

The implementation of the system S100 is also provided using asignal-bearing medium S102 bearing one or more instructions forobtaining input information from at least one of the one or more humansthrough at least in part one or more social networking services, theinput information associated with at least one of the one or morephysical attributes. An exemplary implementation may be executed by, forexample, the status determining system 14 of FIG. 6. An exemplaryimplementation may include obtaining input information (for example,input information can be expressed in terms of a subjective scoring,such as −100 points to +100 points where increased negative pointsindicates a larger aversion to the one or more physical attributes andincreased positive points indicates a larger affinity to the one or morephysical attributes. The subjective scoring could be, for instance,regarding various kilowatt-hour levels of quarterly electricity usageassociated with the one or more houses.) from at least one of the one ormore humans (For example, one of the humans could be one of thenon-users 26 of FIG. 1 that did not dwell in any of the one or morehouses.) through at least in part one or more social networking services(for example, opinions regarding the electricity usage could be postedto a Facebook webpage as part of the one or more social networkingservices 18 of FIG. 1 that is associated with the one or more housesand/or associated with environmental concerns such as effects ofelectricity production by coal-fired electric power plants.), the inputinformation associated with at least one of the one or more physicalattributes (for example, the input information could be −80 subjectivescore regarding a usage of 24,325 kilowatt-hour usage for the 3^(rd)quarter of 2009 for a 8,200 ft2 house).

The implementation of the system S100 is also provided using asignal-bearing medium S102 bearing one or more instructions for wheredetermining assessment information comparing the one or more firstphysical entities with the one or more second physical entities based atleast in part upon the status information and based at least in partupon the input information may be executed by, for example, the statusdetermining system 14 of FIG. 6. An exemplary implementation may includedetermining (for example, the one or more controls 36 of the one or moreassessment units 40 of FIG. 4 can instruct the one or more processors 36a to determine based on algorithms such as an averaging algorithm thatgenerates an average scoring contained in the one or more storage units34.) assessment information for at least one of the one or more physicalentities (for example, the assessment information could contain aoverall subjective scoring, such as −80, −30, +40, and +75 out of arange of −100 to +100 for the electricity usage of each of a group ofselected houses such as houses of celebrities such as movie stars forthe 3^(rd) quarter of 2009) based at least in part upon the statusinformation and based at least in part upon the input information (forexample, the status information could contain electricity usage for eachhouse of the selected group for the 3^(rd) quarter of 2009 and the inputinformation could contain subjective scoring thresholds associated withkilowatt-hour usage such as another −10 points subtracted from 100points for additional 500 kilowatt-hours of usage for the 3^(rd) quarterof 2009).

The one or more instructions may be, for example, computer executableand/or logic-implemented instructions. In some implementations, thesignal-bearing medium S102 may include a computer-readable medium S56.In some implementations, the signal-bearing medium S102 may include arecordable medium S108. In some implementations, the signal-bearingmedium S102 may include a communication medium S54.

Those having ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the state ofthe art has progressed to the point where there is little distinctionleft between hardware and software implementations of aspects ofsystems; the use of hardware or software is generally (but not always,in that in certain contexts the choice between hardware and software canbecome significant) a design choice representing cost vs. efficiencytradeoffs. Those having skill in the art will appreciate that there arevarious vehicles by which processes and/or systems and/or othertechnologies described herein can be effected (e.g., hardware, software,and/or firmware), and that the preferred vehicle will vary with thecontext in which the processes and/or systems and/or other technologiesare deployed. For example, if an implementer determines that speed andaccuracy are paramount, the implementer may opt for a mainly hardwareand/or firmware vehicle; alternatively, if flexibility is paramount, theimplementer may opt for a mainly software implementation; or, yet againalternatively, the implementer may opt for some combination of hardware,software, and/or firmware. Hence, there are several possible vehicles bywhich the processes and/or devices and/or other technologies describedherein may be effected, none of which is inherently superior to theother in that any vehicle to be utilized is a choice dependent upon thecontext in which the vehicle will be deployed and the specific concerns(e.g., speed, flexibility, or predictability) of the implementer, any ofwhich may vary. Those skilled in the art will recognize that opticalaspects of implementations will typically employ optically-orientedhardware, software, and or firmware.

The foregoing detailed description has set forth various embodiments ofthe devices and/or processes via the use of block diagrams, flowcharts,and/or examples. Insofar as such block diagrams, flowcharts, and/orexamples contain one or more functions and/or operations, it will beunderstood by those within the art that each function and/or operationwithin such block diagrams, flowcharts, or examples can be implemented,individually and/or collectively, by a wide range of hardware, software,firmware, or virtually any combination thereof. In one embodiment,several portions of the subject matter described herein may beimplemented via Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), FieldProgrammable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), digital signal processors (DSPs), orother integrated formats. However, those skilled in the art willrecognize that some aspects of the embodiments disclosed herein, inwhole or in part, can be equivalently implemented in integratedcircuits, as one or more computer programs running on one or morecomputers (e.g., as one or more programs running on one or more computersystems), as one or more programs running on one or more processors(e.g., as one or more programs running on one or more microprocessors),as firmware, or as virtually any combination thereof, and that designingthe circuitry and/or writing the code for the software and or firmwarewould be well within the skill of one of skill in the art in light ofthis disclosure. In addition, those skilled in the art will appreciatethat the mechanisms of the subject matter described herein are capableof being distributed as a program product in a variety of forms, andthat an illustrative embodiment of the subject matter described hereinapplies regardless of the particular type of signal bearing medium usedto actually carry out the distribution. Examples of a signal bearingmedium include, but are not limited to, the following: a recordable typemedium such as a floppy disk, a hard disk drive, a Compact Disc (CD), aDigital Video Disk (DVD), a digital tape, a computer memory, etc.; and atransmission type medium such as a digital and/or an analogcommunication medium (e.g., a fiber optic cable, a waveguide, a wiredcommunications link, a wireless communication link, etc.).

In a general sense, those skilled in the art will recognize that thevarious aspects described herein which can be implemented, individuallyand/or collectively, by a wide range of hardware, software, firmware, orany combination thereof can be viewed as being composed of various typesof “electrical circuitry.” Consequently, as used herein “electricalcircuitry” includes, but is not limited to, electrical circuitry havingat least one discrete electrical circuit, electrical circuitry having atleast one integrated circuit, electrical circuitry having at least oneapplication specific integrated circuit, electrical circuitry forming ageneral purpose computing device configured by a computer program (e.g.,a general purpose computer configured by a computer program which atleast partially carries out processes and/or devices described herein,or a microprocessor configured by a computer program which at leastpartially carries out processes and/or devices described herein),electrical circuitry forming a memory device (e.g., forms of randomaccess memory), and/or electrical circuitry forming a communicationsdevice (e.g., a modem, communications switch, or optical-electricalequipment). Those having skill in the art will recognize that thesubject matter described herein may be implemented in an analog ordigital fashion or some combination thereof.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that it is commonwithin the art to describe devices and/or processes in the fashion setforth herein, and thereafter use engineering practices to integrate suchdescribed devices and/or processes into information processing systems.That is, at least a portion of the devices and/or processes describedherein can be integrated into an information processing system via areasonable amount of experimentation. Those having skill in the art willrecognize that a typical information processing system generallyincludes one or more of a system unit housing, a video display device, amemory such as volatile and non-volatile memory, processors such asmicroprocessors and digital signal processors, computational entitiessuch as operating systems, drivers, graphical subject interfaces, andapplications programs, one or more interaction devices, such as a touchpad or screen, and/or control systems including feedback loops andcontrol motors (e.g., feedback for sensing position and/or velocity;control motors for moving and/or adjusting components and/orquantities). A typical information processing system may be implementedutilizing any suitable commercially available components, such as thosetypically found in information computing/communication and/or networkcomputing/communication systems.

The herein described subject matter sometimes illustrates differentcomponents contained within, or connected with, different othercomponents. It is to be understood that such depicted architectures aremerely exemplary, and that in fact many other architectures can beimplemented which achieve the same functionality. In a conceptual sense,any arrangement of components to achieve the same functionality iseffectively “associated” such that the desired functionality isachieved. Hence, any two components herein combined to achieve aparticular functionality can be seen as “associated with” each othersuch that the desired functionality is achieved, irrespective ofarchitectures or intermedial components. Likewise, any two components soassociated can also be viewed as being “operably connected”, or“operably coupled”, to each other to achieve the desired functionality,and any two components capable of being so associated can also be viewedas being “operably coupleable”, to each other to achieve the desiredfunctionality. Specific examples of operably coupleable include but arenot limited to physically mateable and/or physically interactingcomponents and/or wirelessly interactable and/or wirelessly interactingcomponents and/or logically interacting and/or logically interactablecomponents.

While particular aspects of the present subject matter described hereinhave been shown and described, it will be apparent to those skilled inthe art that, based upon the teachings herein, changes and modificationsmay be made without departing from the subject matter described hereinand its broader aspects and, therefore, the appended claims are toencompass within their scope all such changes and modifications as arewithin the true spirit and scope of the subject matter described herein.Furthermore, it is to be understood that the invention is defined by theappended claims.

It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, termsused herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of theappended claims) are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term“including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” theterm “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term“includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,”etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if aspecific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such anintent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence ofsuch recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid tounderstanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of theintroductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claimrecitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed toimply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinitearticles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing suchintroduced claim recitation to inventions containing only one suchrecitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases“one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or“an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically be interpreted to mean “atleast one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use ofdefinite articles used to introduce claim recitations.

In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitationis explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that suchrecitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least the recitednumber (e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without othermodifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or morerecitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a conventionanalogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc.” is used, in generalsuch a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the artwould understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one ofA, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have Aalone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and Ctogether, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.).

In those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A,B, or C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended inthe sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention(e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, or C” would include butnot be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and Btogether, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and Ctogether, etc.). It will be further understood by those within the artthat virtually any disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or morealternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings,should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including oneof the terms, either of the terms, or both terms. For example, thephrase “A or B” will be understood to include the possibilities of “A”or “B” or “A and B.”

All of the above U.S. patents, U.S. patent application publications,U.S. patent applications, foreign patents, foreign patent applicationsand non-patent publications referred to in this specification and/orlisted in any Application Information Sheet are incorporated herein byreference, to the extent not inconsistent herewith.

1. A method comprising: obtaining status information about one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesand one or more second physical entities, the one or more physicalattributes each being perceived by one or more humans as being capableof having one or more effects upon one or more physical environments;obtaining input information from at least one of the one or more humansthrough at least in part one or more social networking services, theinput information associated with at least one of the one or morephysical attributes; and determining assessment information comparingthe one or more first physical entities with the one or more secondphysical entities based at least in part upon the status information andbased at least in part upon the input information. 2-86. (canceled)
 2. Asystem comprising: circuitry for obtaining status information about oneor more physical attributes associated with one or more first physicalentities and one or more second physical entities, the one or morephysical attributes each being perceived by one or more humans as beingcapable of having one or more effects upon one or more physicalenvironments; circuitry for obtaining input information from at leastone of the one or more humans through at least in part one or moresocial networking services, the input information associated with atleast one of the one or more physical attributes; and circuitry fordetermining assessment information comparing the one or more firstphysical entities with the one or more second physical entities based atleast in part upon the status information and based at least in partupon the input information.
 3. The system of claim 87, wherein thecircuitry for obtaining status information about one or more physicalattributes associated with one or more first physical entities and oneor more second physical entities, the one or more physical attributeseach being perceived by one or more humans as being capable of havingone or more effects upon one or more physical environments comprises:circuitry for receiving from one of more sensors each internally locatedinside of at least one of the one or more first physical entities. 4.The system of claim 87, wherein the circuitry for obtaining statusinformation about one or more physical attributes associated with one ormore first physical entities and one or more second physical entities,the one or more physical attributes each being perceived by one or morehumans as being capable of having one or more effects upon one or morephysical environments comprises: circuitry for receiving from one ofmore sensors each separated from any of the one or more first physicalentities.
 5. The system of claim 87, wherein the circuitry for obtainingstatus information about one or more physical attributes associated withone or more first physical entities and one or more second physicalentities, the one or more physical attributes each being perceived byone or more humans as being capable of having one or more effects uponone or more physical environments comprises: circuitry for receivingcommentary from one or more users of at least one of the one or morefirst physical entities.
 6. The system of claim 87, wherein thecircuitry for obtaining status information about one or more physicalattributes associated with one or more first physical entities and oneor more second physical entities, the one or more physical attributeseach being perceived by one or more humans as being capable of havingone or more effects upon one or more physical environments comprises:circuitry for receiving observation from one or more human observers ofat least one of the one or more first physical entities.
 7. The systemof claim 87, wherein the circuitry for obtaining status informationabout one or more physical attributes associated with one or more firstphysical entities and one or more second physical entities, the one ormore physical attributes each being perceived by one or more humans asbeing capable of having one or more effects upon one or more physicalenvironments comprises: circuitry for receiving from one or more sensorseach affixed to at least one of the one or more first physical entities.8. (canceled)
 9. The system of claim 87, wherein the circuitry forobtaining status information about one or more physical attributesassociated with one or more first physical entities and one or moresecond physical entities, the one or more physical attributes each beingperceived by one or more humans as being capable of having one or moreeffects upon one or more physical environments comprises: circuitry forreceiving from storage each internally located within at least one ofthe one or more of the first physical entities.
 10. The system of claim87, wherein the circuitry for obtaining status information about one ormore physical attributes associated with one or more first physicalentities and one or more second physical entities, the one or morephysical attributes each being perceived by one or more humans as beingcapable of having one or more effects upon one or more physicalenvironments comprises: circuitry for receiving from one or more storageunits each remote from the one or more first physical entities.
 11. Thesystem of claim 87, wherein the circuitry for obtaining statusinformation about one or more physical attributes associated with one ormore first physical entities and one or more second physical entities,the one or more physical attributes each being perceived by one or morehumans as being capable of having one or more effects upon one or morephysical environments comprises: circuitry for receiving sensing dataregarding at least one of the one or more first physical entities. 12.The system of claim 87, wherein the circuitry for obtaining statusinformation about one or more physical attributes associated with one ormore first physical entities and one or more second physical entities,the one or more physical attributes each being perceived by one or morehumans as being capable of having one or more effects upon one or morephysical environments comprises: circuitry for sampling according to atleast in part one or more of municipalities, geographical regions, ordemographic regions. 13-99. (canceled)
 14. The system of claim 87,wherein the circuitry for obtaining status information about one or morephysical attributes associated with one or more first physical entitiesand one or more second physical entities, the one or more physicalattributes each being perceived by one or more humans as being capableof having one or more effects upon one or more physical environmentscomprises: circuitry for sampling over at least one of one or moreselected instances, or a predetermined span of time.
 15. (canceled) 16.The system of claim 87, wherein the circuitry for obtaining statusinformation about one or more physical attributes associated with one ormore first physical entities and one or more second physical entities,the one or more physical attributes each being perceived by one or morehumans as being capable of having one or more effects upon one or morephysical environments comprises: circuitry for sampling initiated atleast by one or more observers each of at least one of the one or morefirst physical entities.
 17. The system of claim 87, wherein thecircuitry for obtaining status information about one or more physicalattributes associated with one or more first physical entities and oneor more second physical entities, the one or more physical attributeseach being perceived by one or more humans as being capable of havingone or more effects upon one or more physical environments comprises:circuitry for sampling initiated by at least one or more users each ofat least one of the one or more first physical entities.
 18. (canceled)19. The system of claim 87, wherein the circuitry for obtaining statusinformation about one or more physical attributes associated with one ormore first physical entities and one or more second physical entities,the one or more physical attributes each being perceived by one or morehumans as being capable of having one or more effects upon one or morephysical environments comprises: circuitry for sampling initiated uponone or more of per each use of the one or more first physical entities,or one or more predefined events.
 20. (canceled)
 21. The system of claim87, wherein the circuitry for obtaining status information about one ormore physical attributes associated with one or more first physicalentities and one or more second physical entities, the one or morephysical attributes each being perceived by one or more humans as beingcapable of having one or more effects upon one or more physicalenvironments comprises: circuitry for obtaining status information aboutthe one or more physical attributes including one or more of thefollowing regarding each of the one or more first physical entities: usehistory, energy use, gas mileage, annual fuel consumption, cumulativefuel use, statistical temperature values differential temperature,indoor temperature, gas emissions, liquid emissions, solid emissions,sound emissions, electromagnetic emissions, seismic emissions, thermalemissions, light emissions, water use, air use, resource use, prohibiteduse, fuel conservation, water conservation, resource conservation,energy conservation, land conservation, or recycled material use.22-132. (canceled)
 23. The system of claim 87, wherein the circuitry forobtaining status information about one or more physical attributesassociated with one or more first physical entities and one or moresecond physical entities, the one or more physical attributes each beingperceived by one or more humans as being capable of having one or moreeffects upon one or more physical environments comprises: circuitry forreceiving status information about the one or more physical attributesassociated with the one or more first physical entities as one or moreof the following: land vehicle, air vehicle, water vehicle,architectural structure, habitation, audio system, video system, kitchenappliance, laundry appliance, yard equipment, indoor climate control,sound emitter, handheld device, breathalyzer device, clothing item,container, gas emitter, liquid emitter, light emitter, seismic emitter,solid emitter, electromagnetic emitter, or thermal emitter. 24-155.(canceled)
 25. The system of claim 87, wherein the circuitry forobtaining input information from at least one of the one or more humansthrough at least in part one or more social networking services, theinput information associated with at least one of the one or morephysical attributes comprises: circuitry for receiving the inputinformation including one or more comments. 26-158. (canceled)
 27. Thesystem of claim 87, wherein the circuitry for obtaining inputinformation from at least one of the one or more humans through at leastin part one or more social networking services, the input informationassociated with at least one of the one or more physical attributescomprises: circuitry for receiving the input information through atleast in part the one or more social networking services including anexternal service.
 28. The system of claim 87, wherein the circuitry forobtaining input information from at least one of the one or more humansthrough at least in part one or more social networking services, theinput information associated with at least one of the one or morephysical attributes comprises: circuitry for receiving the inputinformation through at least in part the one or more social networkingservices including an internal service.
 29. The system of claim 87,wherein the circuitry for obtaining input information from at least oneof the one or more humans through at least in part one or more socialnetworking services, the input information associated with at least oneof the one or more physical attributes comprises: circuitry forreceiving the input information including one or more of the following:selection, preference, warning, persuasive statement, or fact. 30-165.(canceled)
 31. The system of claim 87, wherein the circuitry fordetermining assessment information comparing the one or more firstphysical entities with the one or more second physical entities based atleast in part upon the status information and based at least in partupon the input information comprises: circuitry for determiningassessment information including one or more summaries comparing the oneor more first entities with the one or more second entities.
 32. Thesystem of claim 87, wherein the circuitry for determining assessmentinformation comparing the one or more first physical entities with theone or more second physical entities based at least in part upon thestatus information and based at least in part upon the input informationcomprises: circuitry for determining assessment information includingone or more incentives, statistics, projections, scores, orclassifications.
 33. The system of claim 87, wherein the circuitry fordetermining assessment information comparing the one or more firstphysical entities with the one or more second physical entities based atleast in part upon the status information and based at least in partupon the input information comprises: circuitry for determiningassessment information including status of progress towards one or moregoals.
 34. A system comprising: means for obtaining status informationabout one or more physical attributes associated with one or more firstphysical entities and one or more second physical entities, the one ormore physical attributes each being perceived by one or more humans asbeing capable of having one or more effects upon one or more physicalenvironments; means for obtaining input information from at least one ofthe one or more humans through at least in part one or more socialnetworking services, the input information associated with at least oneof the one or more physical attributes; and means for determiningassessment information comparing the one or more first physical entitieswith the one or more second physical entities based at least in partupon the status information and based at least in part upon the inputinformation. 168-171. (canceled)
 174. (canceled)